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- Ellisa Hawke Mitchell
- P.O. Box 47
- Woodlawn, TX 75694
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- (903) 935-6459
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- 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.
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- 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."
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- 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.
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