About BRIO Artist:  Shirlee Methling

Galena artist, Shirlee Methling, has a delightful new passion--miniature painting.  Shirlee's little treasures are are as small as 2 inches by 3 inches when unframed.   Her art studies began in college and she continues to learn and grow to this day.  Shirlee has had a lifelong involvement with the arts as a professional dancer, a pianist, and home decorator. She is a member of the Galena Artist’s Guild, Galena Cultural Art Alliance and the Association of Miniature Artists that supports miniature art from all over the world.

About Miniature Art

• Delicate and painstaking technique that withstands magnification.
• Small in format and size: 25 inches or less for surface area. 
• High in quality, demonstrating a mastery of composition, color, values, etc.
• Generally 1/6th scale or smaller with leeway for naturally small subjects.