Sue Ellen Brown

Sue Ellen Brown (born March 8, 1954 ) is an artist living in Birmingham, Alabama.

Early life Brown was born in Tyler, Texas to John Robert and Joy Kathryn (née Hardie). Brown spent much of her childhood drawing and painting. During this period, she encountered the work artists and writers who would become inspirations for her own work, including George MacDonald and Hans Christian Andersen. J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis later became important to Brown due to their vivid and layered styles. Since 1986 she has worked independently a painter, portrait artist and illustrator.

Regarding Brown's Shell Series of oil paintings on canvas, The Birmingham News described her as a lyrical nonobjective abstractionist. She contributed to the exhibit "Heads Up Alabama" at the Aldridge Botanical Gardens in Hoover in 2010, with her work "Mental Block".

Brown has illustrated children's books for various publishers, worked for commercial clients such as McDonald's, Denny's, and Pepsi, and produced cover art for books and magazines. Atheneum New York 1992

She has also illustrated cards for the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game.

Personal life Brown is now married to artist Don Stewart, with whom she shares studio space.