Sallie Ellington Middleton (February 11, 1926 - August 7, 2009) was one of the first female wildlife watercolor artists to achieve national professional status.

[2][3][4] Middleton's art is included in private collections across the U.S.[5] such as the Harry Dalton Collection of the Mint Museum in Charlotte, Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, Asheville Art Museum in Asheville, North Carolina[4] and at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens in Charleston, S.C.

Her work was featured in books and also in her biography by author Celestine Sibley, The Magical Realm of Sallie Middleton.

As her reputation for this grew, friends and neighbors brought sick and injured animals to her to be rehabilitated and then to be painted.

[19][12][20][21] Middleton's art was published by among others, Fine Prints Gallery, Fox Fire Fine Prints, Inc., Looking Glass Press, and Sallie Middleton Art, LLC.