My name is Dana Ellis. I grew up in Southern California, graduated from UC Davis with a degree in art, and lived in London for a few years before landing in the Eastern Sierra in 1989. It was here that I met and married my husband, raised my daughter, and built my forever home out of straw bales in Swall Meadows. Twice. It burned down the first time.

I am an artist who keeps her day job as a middle school art teacher. I am deeply connected to this arid landscape I call home. It feeds my soul on a daily basis and thus feeds my art. Living in this pocket of wild keeps me grounded and aware of my place on this planet and the peril we, as a species, have put our home in. My art reflects my struggle to process ALL that is happening and my belief that even in despair we need beauty.