Historic Calgary
Streets, streetcars, and the city that was.
22 paintings
Alberta painter
Western memory
in colour.
Ellen Lorne paints Alberta's land, animals, history, and memory through detailed work rooted in photographs and lived experience.
The Work
Five bodies of work spanning Alberta history, horses, and harvest.
Western Horses and Livestock
The animals at the heart of Alberta life.
28 paintings
Prairie Harvest and Rural Work
The fields, the labour, and the seasons.
12 paintings
Family and Memory
Portraits, remembered scenes, and the small objects of a life lived.
7 paintings
Landscapes and Other Works
Alberta and beyond — the paintings that don't fit a single label.
27 paintings
About the Artist
Painting what she knows.
Ellen grew up in Calgary and has lived in Alberta her whole life. Her paintings come from the world she knows — old Calgary streets, western animals, harvest fields, and family memory. She works mainly in oil on canvas or board, with some work in watercolour and other media, often painting from archival photographs, family or friend photographs, and photos taken during everyday life and community events.
Her body of work documents a way of life that is partly gone and partly still here. The paintings are specific, observed, and grounded in real places, people, animals, and scenes.
Historic Calgary
The city that was.
Ellen's historic Calgary paintings return to old streets, storefronts, streetcar lines, evening light, and winter scenes. These works capture specific Calgary views from archival photographs and memory, bringing early twentieth-century city life back into colour.
- Calgary Stampede Western Art Auction
- Leighton Art Centre Juried Shows
- Calgary Stampede Centennial Exhibition
- ACACA Jurors’ Choice Award
- Federation of Canadian Artists
- Chestermere Fine Art Guild, founding member
Selected Exhibitions
Shown and awarded.
From the Calgary Stampede Western Art Auction to the Leighton Art Centre juried shows, Ellen's work has been selected and recognised across Alberta.
- 2020 18th Annual Juried Members Show — Leighton Art Centre
- 2019 Christmas in the Country — Leighton Art Centre
- 2017 15th Annual Juried Members Show — Leighton Art Centre
- 2014 Western Art Auction — Calgary Stampede
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