Ellen Scobie

Ellen Scobie fine artist working in Vancouver and Burnaby, British Columbia

Bio

Ellen Scobie was born on Vancouver Island where she spent a lot of time outside. This was not due to any innate love of nature but rather to her mother's insistence on getting the kids out of the house. She graduated from the University of Manitoba with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a surprising tolerance for fierce weather conditions. Although she loved Winnipeg, she set off for London where she worked with old printing presses, art nouveau letter blocks and other stuff you can only find in England. The lure of the sun drew her to Spain where she hung around with a lot of arty types and developed an appreciation for fine Rioja and bacalau al pil-pil. Back on the west coast Ellen created marketing communications for many years before giving it all up to launch Verosimile. Working from her Vancouver art studio, Ellen still tries to spend a lot of time outside mostly due to her own insistence to take a break from the computer.

Verosimile

The name of Ellen Scobie's art collection came to her while day-dreaming about escaping the office world to spend her days making art. She looked up the word that had occurred to her, not sure if it was a real word. "Vero" from veracity or true and "simile" from similar are the Latin roots to Verosimile - similar to the real. An apt name for Ellen's original art that celebrates through abstraction the natural and urban beauty of the landscape. Through mixed media abstract art, photography and fine art prints she seeks to evoke a sense of place, imbued with the energy of the space they represent. Ellen participates in art exhibitions in Metro Vancouver as well as selling through the Arts Off Main Gallery in Vancouver, BC.