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Ellamarie Woolley (1913 - 1976) was an American enamel artist. Woolley, born in San Diego, California as Ellamarie Packard, met her husband Jackson Woolley while working as an art teacher at Francis Parker School. They learned the craft together and created enamel pieces collaboratively until 1965 when they started producing works independently. They worked mostly in enamel on copper but also created art works in Plexiglas and plastic.

Education
Woolley studied art at San Diego State College and Los Angeles Art Center.

Exhibition List
California Ceramics Exhibition. 1948. Florence Rand Lang Galleries. Fine Arts Foundation of Scripps College, Claremont. Retrospective. 1977. Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego.

http://www.enamelarts.org/index.php?collection&action=view_artist&artist_id=62

Ellamarie Packard was born in San Diego in 1913. After studying at San Diego State College (now known as California State University, San Diego) and the Art Center School in Los Angeles, she taught at the Francis W. Parker School in San Diego.

GUIDE TO THE JACKSON AND ELLAMARIE WOOLLEY SLIDE COLLECTION - https://www.sandiegohistory.org/collection/photographs/ac129/

He remained in San Diego and became a drama teacher at Francis Parker School where he met art  teacher Ellamarie Packard (1913-1976). A San Diego native who studied art at San Diego State University, her father Phineas S. Packard founded the Arts and  Crafts Press in San Diego. Jackson and Ellamarie Woolley married in 1940. After his service in the U.S. Army during World War II, they began a collaboration in  art that lasted until her death. They worked mostly in enamel on copper but also created art works in Plexiglas and plastic.