Ashley Ellis-Smith
ASHLEY ELLIS-SMITH
Ashley Ellis-Smith is a pastel artist based in Gembrook, Victoria. She works primarily in portraiture, with a growing collection of still life works.
She enjoys experimenting with colour, light and shadow, and invites viewers into a space of curiosity about the lives and experiences of her subjects.
Her still life paintings are quiet celebrations of everyday beauty, curated vignettes featuring things she loves, special trinkets, items from her Marimekko collection, flowers and foliage cut from the garden, vases and objects from her favourite ceramic artist. Each one tells its own small story.
Ashley is also a social worker, children’s author and illustrator, and a passionate advocate for children. Her creative and professional work are deeply connected, shaped by her neurodivergent way of seeing the world and her belief in slowing down, paying attention, and honouring what really matters.
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