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

[phone]


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.