Art By Jess: About Me

About Me

First, I’d like to thank some people for helping me with this website: My wonderful
boyfriend Chris convinced me to start it. If he wasn’t so proud of me, I don’t think I’d
be where I am right now. Never would I have had the confidence to even consider
starting a website if it weren’t for his constant praise and bragging. His support
means the world to me.
Also, my sister Stef (who has her own website: stefanieellis.net) for helping me with
everything technical and organizational. She’s been supportive since the day I was
born, even when I was just “okay.”

As far as art goes, I've been drawing since I was old enough to hold a pencil. My
artistic flare started in grade school when art teachers would compliment me on my
drawings of various dog breeds (all of which looked like choppy German
Shepherds.) I never stopped drawing, but that doesn't mean I did well. My “good’
works seemed to come overnight! Suddenly people were asking if they could buy my
drawings and teachers were entering my photos in art shows.

Photography is a more current adoration, starting when I was 15 years old. I fell in
love with the works of Linda McCartney. Her photos were so nostalgic and
passionate. I was amazed simply looking at the album insert for “McCartney.” Before
that moment, I had never even cared about holding a camera, much less using one.

I come from Littleton, Colorado, so, anyone in the Denver-metro area can feel free to
contact me for services such as family portraits, graduation photos, senior portraits,
weddings, et cetera. My e-mail is jess@jessellis.com.

Other than the artistic aspects of my life, I’m currently training to be a Medical
Transcriptionist, though my dream job is to be a photographer for a travel magazine.
Let’s hope this exposure here gets me closer to that goal!

Art By Jess