Artist Resume

EDUCATION
B.S. Illustration/Graphic Design, San Jose State University, 1980
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
                          1981– Present: Ellen Silva Creative Services - Art/Graphic Design
                          1997– Present: Designing and painting murals, facilitating community mural workshops for children & adults

COMMUNITY MURALS IN SCHOOLS

Belmont
Fox Elementary School - Curiosity Corner, After School 
2017: “Our Beautiful Belmont Hills” - K-5th grades  
2016: “Garden of Friendship” - K-5th grades 

Corte Madera
Marin Country Day School
2009: “Life Lessons” - 4 murals, 5th grade
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Daly City
John F. Kennedy Elementary 
2003: “Welcome to Our Universe” - 3rd grade 
2002: “Welcome to Our World” - K-5th grades
2001: “Garden of Dreams” - 1st grade, families, staff/volunteers 
2000: “Teachers Are Like Fire” - 2nd grade 
1999: “Experience the Magic of Learning” with teachers

Marjorie Tobias Elementary School- After School, 3-5th grades
2021: “Prehistoric Creatures” - Fall
2021: “Community Spirit” - Spring
2020: “Life in Outer Space” - Fall
2019: “Save Our Sierra Nevadas” Spring, "Save our Deserts” Fall  
2018: “Save Our Oceans” Spring, “Save Our Rainforests”  Fall 

Daniel Webster Elementary 
2009: "Our Environment" - 5th grade 

El Granada
El Granada Elementary School - After School 3-5th grades  
2024: “Welcome to El Granada Elementary 2”
2022: “Welcome to El Granada Elementary” 
2020: “At El Granada We Swim with the Dolphins” #2
2019: “At El Granada We Swim with the Dolphins”
2018: “From Our Mountains to Our Sea”
2017: “El Granada School CommUNITY”
2016: “Who helps us Grow?”
2011: “Garden of Kindness” 
2015: “Friendship and Compassion”
2014: “Welcome to El Granada Elementary” 

La Honda Elementary, La Honda 
2022: "Our School Garden through the Seasons"
2015: “California Wildflowers”, cont. - After School
2014: “California Wildflowers” - After School
2013: “Our School Community”- 4th grade

Half Moon Bay
Cunha Middle School - 6-7th graders
2020: “Drive Safely-Children are Walking and Rolling” 

Hatch Elementary School
2023: “Healthy Oceans=Healthy Planet/Oceana Sanos=Planeta Sano”

Pilarcitos High School - Juniors/Seniors
2023: "Peaceful Community"
​2019: “Life in Our Coastal Waters”
2018: “Pilarcitos Pride”
2017: “The Road Ahead”
2016: “Unity”, “Coastal Wildflowers”
2015: “Drifting Toward a Brighter Future…”
2014: “Our Community” 
 
Sea Crest Elementary Half Moon Bay- 8th grade 
2010: “Hopes and Dreams for the Future”   
2013: “Graduation Gift” 

Lafayette
Stanley Middle School 
2002: “One World, One Heart” - 6, 7th grades

Marin City
Martin Luther King, Jr. Academy
2007: “Dreams” - 7, 8th grades
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Menlo Park
La Entrada Elementary School
2016: “Dare to Dream” - 6th grade
2015: “With Gratitude” - 6th grade  
2013: “Music in Our School” - 4-6th grades  
2012: “Our Favorite Literary Characters” - 4-6th grades
2010: “The Whole Child” - 4-6th gradesPhillips-Brooks School  
2011: “Yosemite” - 5th grade
2008: “Chinese New Year” - 5th grade 

Pacifica
Ocean Shore Elementary
2006: “Marine Mammals” - K-2nd grade 

2011: Restoring “Marine Mammals” - 8th grade

Pescadero
Pescadero Elementary, Pescadero - 4th grade
2023: "Outdoor Movement"
2022: "Biblioteca" 
2022: "Pescadero from night to morning"
2021:  "Wild Pescadero” - Part 2
2020: “Welcome/Bienvenidos”
2020: “Pescadero Elementary School” sign
2019: “Wild Pescadero” - Part 1
2018: “Under the Grasslands”
2017: “Underground Pescadero Marsh”
2016: “Underground Redwood Forest”
2015: “What Lives Underground?”
2014: “Underwater the Sea”
2013: “Our Redwood Forest”
 
2012: “Our Marshland” 
2011: “Our Grasslands”

2010: “Our Desert” 
2009: “Save the Rainforest” 

2008: “Coastal Creatures” 

Redwood City
Taft Elementary School 
2012: “Our Community” - 5th grade + families (2 murals) 

San Carlos
San Carlos Charter Learning Center  
2005: “California Habitats” - 2-4th grades (4 murals)
2005: “Learning Tree" - 4th grade, 2-3rd grades 
2005:  “Garden Gates” - K-1st grades

San Francisco
Aptos Middle School
2016: “A Better World Through Our Eyes” 12th grade art class  

ER Taylor Elementary School
2016: “Future Leaders” - After school, 5th grade
2015: “Imagine…College Bound” - After School, 5th grade 
2014: “Civil Rights” -  5th grade   
2014: “What is a Hero?” -  5th grade
2014: “Our Community” -  2nd grade
2014: “Underwater” - 1st grade 
2014: “Rainforest” - 1st grade 
2013: “Mesoamerican”- 2nd grade 
2013: “California Regions” - 4th grade 
2013: “4 Beautiful Regions of California”- 4th grade (4 classes)
2012: “Our Imaginations Running Wild” - 1st grade (2 classes)  
2012: “Book Storm” - 5th grade 
2012: “Starry Night of Books” - 5th grade

​Everett Middle School
2004: “Everett Turns 75 - 6-7th grade Art Class

Hebrew Academy 
2004: “Our Second Home” - 10-12th grades 

Hoover Middle School 
2015: “Our Futures” - 10-11th grade art classes    

Lawton Alternative Elementary, First grade
​2024:  “It’s Our Earth Too”
2023: "We Like to Move"
​2022: "We Are Resilient"
2020-21: “We Love School” 
2019: “Owl You Need is Love”   
2018: “Lawton School, the Place we Love to Be” 
2017: “Pollinators Give Us Life”
2016: “Curiosity opens Your Mind” 
2014: “Garden of Kindness” 
​2008: “Rainforest Habitat" Benches

Miraloma Elementary, San Francisco, 5th grade
2008: “Peace in our World" 

Paul Revere Elementary School -(4 murals) ​
2014: “Our Beautiful San Francisco” 1st-4th grade 

South SF
Alta Loma Middle School 8th grade Art 
2025: “Crossing Over” 

Baden High School/MidPoint Program, 12th grade
2006: “Starry Starry Night” 

Sunshine Gardens elementary,  After School, K-5 grades
2021: "Welcome~Bienvenidos~Tuloy Po Kayo" 

Sunnyvale
Denali Charter School, 4th grade
2013: “Go Grizzlies” 
2013: “Wonder Lake”  

Woodside 
King’s Mountain Elementary
2014: “It Takes a Mountain” - K-5 After School  

Woodside Elementary
2005: “Enchanted Jungle” 2-5th grade 
2008: “Bugs ‘n Things” - K-2nd grade 
2008: “Fairy Tales” - 4-8 grade  

SOLO MURAL COMMISSIONS
California Pacific Medical Center, SF  
2003: “Mediterranean Dream” (Women's Medicine Dept.)

Cesar Chavez Birthday Event
ER Taylor School, San Francisco
2012: “Sí, Se Puede!”

Davies Medical Center/CPMC, Castro and Noe, San Francisco
2019: “Forever in Bloom” for elderly patients, 1st floor  

Dr. King, Dentist Office, Berkeley 
2004: “Jungle,” “Sierras,” “Underwater” 3 childrens dental rooms

Fuddruckers Restaurant, Daly City  
2002: “Gateway to the Peninsula”  
2003: “Building the Perfect Burger”  
2006: “Fudd Burger,” (Union City)   

Holy Family Day Home
2024: “Cogito lo que Necesites ~Take What You Need”

Marine Mammal Center, Sausalito 
2019: ““Rescue, Rehab, Release”, w/Private Ocean & volunteers

Mid-Pen Housing, San Mateo
2014: “California Natives” - Community Room Family Housing

Orinda Historical Society, Orinda
2012: “Orinda Historical Landmarks Map”  

Seton Medical Center, Daly City 
2002: “Heritage Wall -  The History of Seton Medical Center”

Spanishtown-Bella Luna, Half Moon Bay   
2005: “Una Pueblita de Mexico” 

St. Francis Center, Redwood City 
2008: “Compassion Not Judgement” 

Tres Amigos, Half Moon Bay
2004: “Mexican Vacation” 

GROUP MURAL COMMISSIONS
Alemany Farmers Market, SF 
1999: “Archway Veggies”, “Eggplants, Peppers, Cilantro” “Eggplant” - w/Precita Eyes Muralists

Bagdad Cafe, 16th Street, SF
1998: “Hope for the World Cure” - w/Aids Patients 

Gilt Edge Creamery, SF - with Precita Eyes Muralists 
1997: “Nurture” - w/Precita Eyes Muralists  

Good Vibrations, SF  
2005:“Good Vibrations” - w/Precita Eyes Artists 

SF Boys Club, Mission Campus, SF - 
2002: “Imagine” w/Precita Eyes Artists

SF Mission Cultural Center, SF 
2002:  “Light a Candle” - w/Precita Eyes Artists

SF MOMA, SF
2009: “Visible Means of Support” ​w/20 Precita Eyes Artists
2007: “Dante’s Divine Comedie: Inferno, Purgatory, Paradise” - St. Mary’s College, Dante Bldg., Moraga - w/Susan Cervantes 

RESIDENTIAL TROMPE L’OEIL MURALS 
2024: “Underwater Fantasy” - Half Moon Bay living room
2022: “Goat Mural 2” - Santa Clara backyard 
2024: “Flower Ribbon” - Half Moon Bay Garden
2024: “Sunflower Garden” - El Granada Front Yard Utility Box
2024: “Underwater Dream” - HMB Living Room
2023  “Roses in Bloom” - Moss Beach Backyard
2022: “Goat Mural” - Santa Clara backyard
2021: “Goat Mural 1” - Santa Clara backyard
2020: “Denali–Bear Country” -  Montara backyard
2019: “Zen Portal” - Richmond, backyard patio2019: “Pillar Point       Harbor” - El Granada kitchen 
2015: “Christmas Tree Lane Characters” - Palo Alto lawn 
2015: “Fun on the Farm” - Half Moon Bay, backyard shed 
2015: “Sunflower Patch” - Moss Beach garden cottage
2014: “Patch of Sunshine” - Half Moon Bay fence
2014: “Magical  Forest” - Ben Lomond children’s playroom
2014: “Floral RV Curtains” - Montara RV
2013: “Sunflowers” - Ben Lomond children’s playroom 
2013: “Kitchen Sunflowers” - Belmont kitchen
2013: “Kitchen Nasturtiums” - Belmont kitchen
2012: “Llamas and Lavender” - Cloverdale bedroom
2012: “Marje's Garden”- Half Moon Bay carport 
2011: “Laguna Beach” - Mountain View office
2011: “Underwater Fantasy” - San Bruno playroom
2011: “Garden Border” - El Granada house border
2011: “Kitchen Garden” - San Francisco kitchen
2009: “Cafe de le Paix” -  San Francisco kitchen 
2006: “Fairy on a Tree“ & “Fairy on a Tightrope” - Point Richmond
2005: “Kylie's Toy Chest” - San Jose family room 
2003: “North Beach Cafe Scene” - Daly City, front porch  
2003: “A View of The City from Daly City” - Daly City front porch
2003: “Our Garden” - S. San Francisco kitchen
2003: “Grey Whale  Cove” - S. San Francisco bedroom
1999: “Hillsboro en Provence”- Hillsboro, Oregon greenhouse

HEALING ARTS MURAL PROJECTS
Alas-Ayudando Latinos A Soñar, Half Moon Bay
2019: “Vivir, Trabajar y jJugar en un Ambiente Saludable” 
2017: "Unity" 
City of Albany, Golden Gate Fields Racetrack, Albany  
  2011: “Nuevo Esperanza de Vivir”/“Finding our Way” - 
with immigrant families
Coast Pride, Half Moon Bay
2024: “Mas Fuertes Juntos/Stronger Together” - w/4 groups: High School, Middle Schools, Trans, Parents/Caregivers
Cordilleras Mental Health Services, Redwood City
2007: "Healing" - with drug/alcohol recovery patients 
Puente Resource Center, Pescadero 
  2008: “Visions of Hope” - with immigrant families
University Village, Albany 
 2012: “Love Everlasting” - Memorial mural w/families & friends
  2011: “Sending Our Love to Japan” - Asian families 
  2010: “It’s A Small World” - 9 international families
  2010: “Expressing Ourselves” - 9 international teens
W.O.R.L.D (Women Organized to Respond to Life-Threatening Illness), Oakland 
  2012: “We As Sisters Shine Together” - with HIV Positive clients

OTHER
Teacher - Pilarcitos High School, Half Moon Bay
  Art specialist 2013-18
Special 1-Day Workshops
2013: “Book Tree” - with Girls Scouts, El Granada
2013: “Abbey Road” - 16th birthday party for family, Menlo Park
2005: “Healing Waters” w/Teachers (San Carlos Learning Center)
Teacher - Half Moon Bay Recreation Class  
2012: “Our Local Community”First installed at HMB Library, 
currently installed at OddFellows Hall, Half Moon Bay