Ellen Joyce Trayer

Ellen, jealous of her children’s artwork tried her hand at painting in her mid thirties and immediately fell in love with oils.  Self taught she received awards from The South Shore Art Association, The Winter Arts Festival and The East Islip Art Coucil. 

Retiring to the Hudson Valley from Long Island she pursued her art education with The Wallkill River School of Art.  She has studied pastel with Dennis Fanton and oils with William Noonan and Susan Hope Fogel.  Ellen's new passion is Experimental Watercolors which she is studying with Susan Hope Fogel.

Ellen finds her inspiration from the beautiful scenery of the Hudson Valley and from her many travels.   

Upcoming Events



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Group Shows

Cornwall Art Collective, Mid Hudson Arts, 
North East Watercolor Society Member Show, MAG's Member Show, North Country Art's Expressions, Connecticut Woman Artists show, Susan Hope Fogel's student show, Warwick Library, Wallkill River School of Art, Art In Bloom, OCCC Middletown, New Windsor Art & Frame, Sligmann Annex, Orange County Arts Council's member show, Lower Hudson Valley Plein Air Painters member show,  Feast of the Arts, South Show Art Association, E. Islip Art Council and Winter Arts Festival

Restaurants- Grappa's Warwick,NY     The Grange, Warwick, NY      Smokey's, Vernon, NJ.   Leo's Italian Restaurant 

Solo Shows

Leo's Italian Restaurant, Cornwall, NY
Cornwall Library, Cornwall, NY
​Orange Regional Medical Center, Middletown, NY
Wallkill River School of Art, Montgomery, NY
Vino 100, Newburgh, NY

​Awards

North East Watercolor Society   2018                 Award of Excellence
North Country Arts     2018                               Silver Medal
Middletown Art Group   2018                            Award of Excellence      
Middletown Art Group.   2021                           Honorable Mention
North East Watercolor Society.  2021                 Elaine M Garvin Memorial Award
Orange County Arts Council.     2021.                Honorable Mention 
Middletown Art Group.   2022                           Best in Show