Swathing in Olden Days - Ellen Lorne
Stand By Me...
Wagon Train
Image of the Past...
Early Calgary Streetcars
Threshing in Olden Days
Mule Team
LeRoy and Lulu
Gathering Hay
Frosty Day
Alberta Gold
Barrel Racer
Coyote on the Prowel
Cattle Drive
Calgary Evening 1940s
Pond Hockey
Calgary 8 Ave 1920
Welcome Home
Smarty
Calgary 8 Ave 1920
Bohemiam Waxing
Inglewood Alley
Two of a Kind
Inglewood House
Me and My Brother
Calgary 1940
Dad and Horses
Good Day for a Ride
Cows in Winter
Coming and Going
The Blacksmith
Old Ford Truck
Buffalo Summer
Skaters 1920
Frosty Day
Proud Farmer
Buffalo Winter
Marisa
Maligne Lake
bikes
Boats
Boats
Bikes
Ellen Lorne
Ellen was born in Vermillion, Alberta. Her family moved to the Shepard area when she was very young and then into Calgary when she started school. After attending Western Canada High, Ellen attended Calgary Business College. After marrying and having three children, she managed to attend the College of Art for 3 years in the evenings. When her children were all in school she joined the workforce and went on to become a Legal Assistant (real estate) for Lorne W. Scott, Q. C. for whom she worked for 25 years.
She did not paint again until she retired in 1999. Since retiring she has studied with many well known local and national artists. Ellen paints mostly from her own photographs of horses and cattle but also loves to paint old Calgary street scenes. She has exhibited and sold paintings at juried shows, such as the Western Art Show, Calgary Stampede; Alberta Community Art Clubs Assoc; Federation of Canadian Artists, Calgary and the Leighton Art Centre as well as many private shows. Ellen was honored to have 2 paintings of the 1912 Calgary Stampede Parade juried into the 100 year section of the Western Art Show in 2012.
She is a member of the Calgary Artists Society, Leighton Art Centre, Federation of Canadian Artists and the Chestermere Fine Art Guild, of which she is a founding member. Ellen says she plans on painting as long as she can hold a paint brush.