Tara Shalton

I am a self taught color pencil artist. Ever since I was a little girl, I liked to draw but never took lessons and never considered art as a career. I went to college, got a job, and raised a family. I would draw sometimes when I could spare the time, but was mainly occupied by more pressing daily issues. After an especially traumatic event in my life, on the advice of my sister I started to draw again, and by doing so amassed a body of work that everybody loved. All of my work is original, and is created by spending weeks at a time on each piece. Color pencils are the hardest medium to work with, because they are difficult to blend and it takes a tremendous number of strokes to complete a drawing.