Ellen Beier started drawing as a small child at the side of her artist grandmother. After architecture study at Cornell and art courses in London, she graduated with a BFA from California College of the Arts.

 

In London, a friend showed me Arthur Rackham's books and an early 'Alice' illustrated by Tenniel. Working at the time as an architectural draftsperson, I filled the margins of my blueprints with fairy tale sketches.

Ellen Beier

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