Artist Biography

Ellie Barnet grew up in Midcoast Maine. Raised at an Inn specializing in art workshops and surrounded by an artistic family, she knew from a young age she wanted to be an artist. She received her education in Fine Arts at Boston University, majoring in Painting.

Since graduating Barnet has studied with Knox Martin at The Art Students League in New York City, and attended workshops taught by Lois Dodd and Joel Janowitz.

She currently lives and works in Portland, Maine. Her work can be found at the Harmon Meek Gallery in Naples, FL and the Elizabeth Moss Gallery in Falmouth, ME, as well as in the Ogunquit Museum of American Art, the Polk Museum of Art, the Museum of Art-DeLand, and the Golisano Children's Museum of Naples, FL.