Ellen Taylor has expressed that her art “…comes from visions, feelings, life, death, turmoil, new birth, and illness, relationships, and the history of life.” The perfect balance comes from finding the time to articulate, create, and balance all, or, some of this, into her busy life. Ellen lives on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. She is from the Cayuse, Umatilla, Walla Walla, Nez Perce, and Ojibwa Tribes.