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 several books including 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!