An up and coming artist will begin displaying her works in fine museums and on better refrigerators across the country.

Ellie at her art studio

Her very first work was a piece from a recent HomeStar Runner episode, but since then has branched out into more original works.

Ellie prefers the crayon to other media. “Charcoal just doesn’t have the colours I envision. It also leaves a gritty feeling in my mouth when I chew it. I prefer the buttery smoothness of crayons. And they taste better.”

“Orange Victor over the Fields of Battle”

Ellie Starr’s style is to juxtapose bright primary coloured squiggles next to each other, and sometimes overlapping in a splash of Crayola.

To view an exhibit of Ellie Starr’s works, please visit the kitchens of her parents, grandmothers, or the Royal Ontario Museum.

“Blue Fish on Parsley and Red Stuff”

“Brown Moo Moo on Green Grass”

“Splotches and Spots”

“City at Sunrise”

“Ellie Starr – Self Portrait”

For quite a while Ellie has cruised around the house pretending to talk on a phone (or a remote control). Today we saw something newer..

After pretending to fill her cup..

she takes an imaginary drink..

and refills her cup. The dawn of a great imagination!

Really.. she does. She is very disturbed about the snow outside. A couple weeks ago when we had a bit of snow on the ground, my mom opened the door to let Ellie see it. She immediately got upset and started to cry. After our snowfall last week I brought in a small snowball to show Ellie. She got so distressed she was shaking and wouldn’t stop crying for several minutes.

Then we took her out for a walk in it. She would only go on the walkway where there was no snow, then when she had to cross the snow covered driveway, she was very annoyed about the snow that got on the toes of her winter boots. Later, she fell in the snow and was angry at the snow stuck to the knees of her snow pants. She was only happy when carried above the evil cold stuff.

Its going to be a long winter.
Ellie looking very unimpressed.

Pictures stolen from Missy’s blog

Since it has been a while and the aunts are starting to suffer withdrawal symptoms..

Here are a couple of pictures of Ellie from Thanksgiving weekend, when it was much warmer than it is now.

Ellie playing in her sand box.

Grandma J showing Ellie a praying mantis. Yes, my mom is actually holding the mantis in her hand!

Ellie’s Concise Dictionary has been expanded to include some new terms.

Duck duck – anything with feathers
circle – circle
bawby – baby
boo – Winnie the Pooh
igga – Pooh’s friend Piglet
Googo – Google (!)
Waa waa – either in a glass, the tub, or a picture of the ocean
papa – grandpa, Naomi’s dad
wow! – wow!
oooooh – moment of comprehension (as in “It’s bath time!” “Oooh!” then running for the tub)

Other Sounds:
bzzzzzzzzz – bugs of all types
*sqweek* – Sound made whenever Ellie sees the Cheat
ROAWR – lions, tigers, and Care-Bears, oh my!
wheoeoo – elephant
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh – monkeys
smacking of her lips for a rabbit