Carly Ellis grew up in Maryland before relocating to Spokane where she received a Bachelor of Fine Art with a minor in Art History from Eastern Washington University. While she primarily works in oil paint, she is a lover of mixed media and works in a diverse range of mediums from photography to sculpture and design. Ellis loves to take on a challenge and recently completed two large murals locally in Spokane. Her work is centered around the idea of the natural world, family, nostalgia and loss. Taking inspiration from nature and her late uncle’s work. Through art she explores distortion and the impact it has on memory.