Ellie Dean is a self taught contemporary artist based in Bedfordshire, England. Her work combines realism and abstraction through oil, acrylic, and textured pastes. 

Inspired by nature and emotion, she incorporates symbolic elements such as butterflies, hummingbirds, and umbrellas, exploring themes of freedom, hope, and resilience.

Her process begins with layered textured mediums applied using palette knives, followed by detailed oil painting for the portrait. She then builds vibrant acrylic backgrounds, creating contrast between smooth figurative forms and heavily textured surfaces.