CHALLENGES MET AND TRANSFORMED INTO ART! "All I had to do was get my fear out of the way" is a YouTube TimeStamp video interview that happened in Ellie's Studio & Gallery this summer! "In this episode of Timestamp, we sit down with Ellie Harold, a late blooming contemporary oil painter, author, and mentor whose work reflects healing, transformation, and the joy of creative discovery....This conversation is perfect for artists, students, and collectors who want to understand how art can be both deeply personal and powerfully universal." The video has been watched by more than 157,000 viewers! Click this link to learn the back story about how Ellie came to make art as a "late blooming" artist at age 52.  

The Call to Create Retreat. Join Ellie in a 2-day intensive October 12 & 13, 2026. Designed as a time-out to reflect on your life purpose and direction going forward, one participant in the August retreat described the retreat as "life-changing." "The paths Ellie led me on were deep and wide, bringing me to realizations I hadn't considered, not just about my art, but about my life." Group size is limited to 8 participants; currently 3 spots remain. Click here for details and registration info. 

Using oil as her primary medium, Ellie Harold creates abstracted and representational landscape, floral, and still life paintings.  Her intuitive approach to UNIVERSAL THEMES using VIBRANT COLORS and EXPRESSIVE MARK-MAKING invite the viewer to engage the work as a meditation and discover depths beyond simple decoration.

Ellie's work is currently displayed in the American Embassy in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan as part of the U.S. State Department's Art in Embassies Program. Ellie is also the creator/producer of BIRDS FLY IN: A Human Refuge, a migration-inspired, avian-themed multimedia art installation.  The prolific and widely collected artist is based in Frankfort, MI where she paints and hosts private sessions and workshops upon request. 

Ellie is represented by Synchronicity Gallery in Glen Arbor, MI and shows a wide range of her eclectic, inspired work in her home-based Studio & Gallery, open to the public Thursday-Sunday 11 to 4, and by appointment or chance.

DID YOU KNOW? Ellie has authored four books: Monet, Mitchell & Me: A Painter's Pilgrimage (2023); BIRDS FLY IN: A Human Refuge (2021); 7 Habits of Deeply Fulfilled Artists: Your Aesthetic Needs & How to Meet Them (2012) and Where Two or More are Gathered: A New Church for the 21st Century (2001).

AVAILABLE HERE! Find copies of Ellie's new full-color hardcover book Monet, Mitchell & Me: A Painter's Pilgrimage at the following Michigan locations: The Book Store, Frankfort; Cottage Books, Glen Arbor; Horizon Books, Traverse City; Ellie Harold Fine Art, Frankfort. Also available by direct order. Paperback version available on Amazon.com. 

STUDIO & GALLERY CELEBRATING 14 YEARS! When Ellie & Roo completed renovation of their Victorian home on Forest Avenue, they were invited to participate in several community home tours. The response to seeing Ellie's paintings in the home inspired her to invite the public to enjoy this unique way of showing and selling. Now, hundreds of people visit each year and you are welcome too! Click here to read reviews visitors have left on TripAdvisor.

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