Ellisa Hawke Mitchell
P.O. Box 47
Woodlawn, TX 75694

(903) 935-6459


While Ellisa Mitchell is currently a professional illustrator for science fiction books and games, her 
specialty is sculpture. Her bronzes have been exhibited at the Delaware Museum in the First Invitational 
Exhibition of the National Academy of Fantastic Art, the largest and most prestigious show of its kind 
ever assembled.  However, she is best known for the colorful and imaginative work which has appeared at 
science fiction convention art shows all over the country; magical unicorns, fierce dragons, gryphons, 
spirit-guardians, and all the other creatures of dreams.

Ellisa Mitchell lives in the alligator-infested swamps of East Texas, surrounded by a large collection of 
unusual pets; a menagerie which included seventy cats (at last count), three dogs, an Arabian horse, 
miniature Sicilian donkeys, several pet rats, fish, and a yard full of poultry.  As an anatomist and animal 
portraitist, the animals provide inspiration for Ellisa's work; both the fan art and the bronzes.  "I never 
stop studying," said Ellisa, when discussing her craft.  "I want things to work.  If I put wings on an 
animal, or design a dragon, I want to be sure those wings would support the animal, and that all the 
muscles and bones are correct."

Ellisa works out of her home, creating interiors for books and games across the country.  She has 
illustrated the works of Orson Scott Card, Judith Tarr, Larry Niven, Robert Jordan, Vernor Vinge, Tad 
Williams, Kathleen and Michael Gear, and Diana Paxson, among many others.  She is the main interior 
illustrator for TOR Books and St. Martin's Press, and has illustrated for many game companies, including 
TSR, Gary Gigax, GDW, and Iron Crown.  She currently plans to expand further into the realm of fantasy 
bronze.