While painting for the show “Little Treasures” at the Hillsborough Gallery of Art, Ellie focused primarily on the objects she painted, versus the objects as a stand-in for an emotional landscape. This shift in perspective was interesting, and of course, the emotional aspects revealed themselves during the painting process. The paintings for “Little Treasures” are a bit brighter and simplified compared to Ellie’s previous works, and most of them were created with acrylic paint only instead of using several mediums. Additionally, Instead of using digital collage techniques as a starting place, Ellie worked from just one photograph for most of the paintings in the show. This shift in perspective allowed Ellie to play with abstraction and texture in a new way.

“Little Treasures” also features work by two other HGA artists: jeweler Nell Chandler and ceramicist Evelyn Ward.