E.C. Knightingale is a multidisciplinary artist, designer, professional wooden boat builder, and storyteller based in Toronto.

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His work spans fine art, found-object sculpture, furniture, wooden boats, and fiction. Though the medium changes, the questions remain remarkably consistent: memory, craftsmanship, place, moral consequence, and the hidden stories carried by ordinary things. While deeply rooted in traditional craftsmanship, he is equally interested in how new technologies can open new possibilities for art, design, and storytelling.

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Across his work, Ellis is drawn to things that already possess a history: old wood, worn frames, industrial objects, discarded signs, antique tools, fragments of domestic life, and forgotten stories. These overlooked objects and stories become quiet narratives exploring childhood, spirit, loss, humor, and the strange beauty that often hides in plain sight.

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Whatever the medium, his practice is guided by patience, intuition, careful revision, and the belief that meaningful objects and stories can carry emotional truth.

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Ellis is vegan and a lifelong lover of animals. Many of the animals in his artwork are humble toy farm animals: mass-produced, plastic, and seemingly without value. Through his work, they become characters with history, dignity, and unexpected emotional presence.