Artist's Profile

Born and raised in Ottawa, Canada, Shirley Moulton has been a professional artist since 1997. She is an active member of a number of local art associations, as well as the Pastel Artists of Canada, and the Colored Pencil Society of America. Shirley has won several awards for her art work, the most outstanding being "1st Place " in the Ottawa Bluesfest Festival art contest ,2000, for her pastel portrait of the late blue musician, John Lee Hooker. Five hundred posters were made featuring this portrait, and sold at the annual art festival. Shirley has also become known for her commissioned dog and horse portraits. She is interested in all genres of contemporary realism,enjoying spring florals and Canadian landscape.She paints in oil, pastel, gouache, coloured pencil and graphite. Her work is included in many private collections, and she is represented in Ottawa by the Rothwell Gallery.