Suzanne Ellis’ art was born of love and obsession, manifest as painstakingly realistic renderings of wild animals. But increasingly she senses the realm beyond.
Wisconsin wildcats are the ghosts, be they real cats or not, but so are the memories of all these creatures encountered firsthand by this intrepid artist and nature lover.
This makes her new show, “Wild Wisconsin” in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum’s Steinhauer Gallery, substantially more than your typical wildlife art show.