I’ve often thought of myself as a reluctant artist. Not that I was reluctant to paint but that I was reluctant to claim an identity as an artist. It wasn’t until my retirement in 2021 that I fully embraced that part of who I am.

My first painting was of giant sunflowers on a barn, a career that was cut short when my father forbade me from going anywhere near his barns with my paintbrushes. From there, I graduated to using acrylics

BVSCAA Featured Artist Marsha Walter Marsha Walter is Bear Valley Springs Cultural Art Association’s featured artist for the end of 2023 As a child, I loved to use pastels to