Shelly Echeverria

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Shelly (Lipscomb) Echeverria is an illustrator, still-life, landscape and portrait painter. She builds her inspiration from places traveled, nature, and family. Shelly holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and makes her home in Central Pennsylvania. Her paintings hang in the Pennsylvania State Capitol, medical offices, and restaurants in the central Pennsylvania region. On painting; “I paint because I must! Making art brings me peace. I can lose myself for hours while I'm painting. It's what my soul was created to do. I love people and am intrigued by them. In my portraits, I try to capture the personality of the individual looking beyond skin tones and features. I was inspired to look back into nature after a visit to the Hershey Gardens. I am captivated by color and prefer to use bold and vibrant palettes.” Shelly self-published a book "So they say I have Breast Cancer" in 2011 to inspire others going through life altering challenges. Currently, she is working on a series of children's picture books with Bena Hartman Books. The first in the series, “My Elephant-Sized Dream” was published in August of 2016. It has been a life-long dream to illustrate children’s books and early literacy is one of her passions.