Hello, I'm Gale Sherman!

Art has always been a part of my life. With three grandparents as artists and a mother who shared her love of art, I grew up immersed in a creative world. 

I started teaching when many artists were finding financial success in children's book illustration. During this boom, I fostered a love for picture books with my children and everyone who would listen to me.  My 23 years as an early childhood librarian, along with my role as a university instructor in children’s literature, deepened my connection to the world of illustration. I contributed to library journals, co-authored Worth a Thousand Words: An Annotated Guide to Picture Books for Older Readers (Libraries Unlimited, 1996) , and was on the 2001 Caldecott Award Committee to select that year’s most distinguished illustrated picture book.

In the 1990s, I also started to focus on my own artistic growth, studying drawing and later earning a Nature Art Certificate from the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Art Institute. Fascinated by the pen and ink  Zentangle® Method, I later became a Certified Zentangle Teacher (CZT).

My art is inspired by the people I meet, my travels and chance observations. The ideas behind each piece guide my choice of medium, whether it's pen and ink, watercolors, colored pencils, pastel pencils, photography, scratchboard, or collage. I enjoy combining different materials and techniques, whether on a single surface or in the books I create. I look forward to the future and the new versions of myself as an artist that I’ll discover along the way.

Welcome to Lost Starr Art!