Jill Beltran was awarded the FAA May’s Best in Show for her pastel painting “Sleeping with Wolves”. She started my art journey in High school learning pen/ink, which became her medium of choice for 15 years. She designed logos, which were purchased by Montana Silversmith and featured on their belt buckles. She also designed watch faces for an Equestrian wrist watch line, plus their displays. In 1984 she was the alternate illustrator for the Olympic Equestrian cross country program.
She moved into color pencils in her mid 30s and dove head first into this medium. She did mostly color pencils until about 6 years ago then switched to pastels, her absolute favorite medium now. She has been very fortunate to have won several awards in all three mediums. She is planning on teaching color pencil art classes at this wonderful gallery!
Come to The Gallery to see this and other inspiring art.