This biography from the Archives of AskART:
|  A student of the Old Masters, which is reflected in her realistic
figure depictions, many of them done with colored pencil. Carrie
Ballantyne has a studio in Montana. In her art, Ballantyne's
focus continues to be real people: "My family,
friends, and neighbors, working people of the West. People never get
boring. Every face is unique with a different story to tell."(Buffalo
Bill)
She started her art career in Cody, Wyoming where she arrived at the
age of 19 and decided that the western lifestyle was the one that
captured her imagination. With inspiration and encouragement from
local artists, and she refined and established her particular style as
a graphite portrait artist in the Western genre.
She is
married to Jesse Ballantyne, a working cowboy, which, of course, gives
her easy access to the people who stimulate her creativity.
She has been a teacher at the Scottsdale Artists School in Arizona and
at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma.
Sources include:
Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale, Catalog 2003
http://www.circlekb.com/page/CKCG/CTGY/Ballantyne
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