Ellen McGowan's award winning sculptures are included in numerous corporate and private collections throughout the United States and abroad.  In her own words, she "...finds a truly universal spirit in the ordinary man."  This best describes her warm and empathic approach to expressing life's joys, as well as its poignancies, in clay, bronze and concrete.

As a child, McGowan studied at the Art Institute in Chicago.  She received undergraduate and graduate degrees in Fine Arts, with continued studies at the Memphis College of Art. McGowan also had further studies with master sculptor Bruno Lucchesi.

McGowan's studio is located in Bartlett, Tennessee.  She currently works by commission, and is also a designer of sculptures for the MidSouth Ornamental Concrete Company.