''I get inspiration from many sources, including the changing colors, patterns, and atmospheres of the landscape around me, the excitement of watching birds in the wild, and the random idea generator that is my imagination. In each painting I am searching for an elegant balance of spare compositions over large fields of luminous color. When observing everyday subjects such as sparrows,  I try to pay attention to the small spaces between them and the abstract patterns that are created by their own characteristic movements.''



Ellen Welch Granter







Corporate/Museum Collections

- Boston Private Bank and Trust

- Enterprise Bank of Andover

- The Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum Collection

- Liberty Mutual Insurance

- Nova Biomedical Corporation

- The Oyster Harbors Club

- Pearson Prentice Hall

- Ritz Carlton Vail

- Spruce Peak Hotel

- Spring Island Trust

- Watch City Brewery

- Wellington Management, LLC





Education

- University of Vermont, M.A., 1988

- University of Vermont, B.A., 1984



Awards and Etc.

2009 - Copley Society of Art: Copley Master

2008 - Copley Society John Singleton Copley Award

2008 - Spring Island Trust, Artist-in-Residence, Spring Island, Georgia