Education
After graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Advertising Design from University of North Texas in 1977, Brown assisted Don Ivan Punchatz at the Sketch Pad Studio in Dallas, Texas, then became a staff artist for Hallmark Cards.
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Sue Brown
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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".
She has illustrated children"s books for various publishers, worked with commercial clients such as McDonalds, Denny"s, and Pepsi, and produced cover art for books and magazines.
She has earned national awards and recognition, including two Paragon Awards from the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations, inclusion in the New York City Society of Illustrators" Humor Exhibition, and the Encyclopedia of Fantasy and Science Fiction Art Techniques. Books Illustrated by Sue Ellen Brown:
Time-Life Family Time Bible Stories: THE FIRST CHRISTMAS, by Patricia Daniels.
GLEAMING BRIGHT, by Josepha Sherman. Walker & Company New York 1994
ORPHANS OF THE NIGHT, Josepha Sherman, educated
Walker & Company New York 1995
THE NATIVITY, A Bible Story People’s-Up Book.
Thomas Nelson Public. Intervisual Books, Santa Monica 1993
WINTER"South Child, by Mary K. Whittington. Atheneum New York 1992
She has also illustrated cards for the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game.
