Ive been drawing portraits since the day I learned how to hold a crayon. My first portrait sale was at a local art show in Kentucky at the ripe ol age of nine. The subject was a woman holding a bouquet of flowers, coloured in my finest crayolas. Over the years my interest in painting people expanded to include animals, and my medium switched from crayons to soft pastels. Now my portraits are almost exclusively of animals. I graduated from the American College in Lucerne, Switzerland in 1979 now known as AIU London with a BA in Fashion Design and Merchandising. In 1992, after working nearly 12 years in the fashion industry, I decided to make art my profession. I briefly studied at the Emily Carr College of Art before branching out first as a freelance illustrator, then later adding pet portraits to the repertoire. My pet portraits now hang in homes worldwide.

Address: Julia Morton, Suite #142, 718 - 333 Brooksbank Ave., North Vancouver, BC, V7J 3V8 Canada.
Telephone: (604) 980-5966
Website: http://pastelpetportraits.com/