Artist specializes in scratchboard engraving

Michelle Hortsman, the Boerne Art League’s artist of the month, has loved art and creativity of all kinds since she was a young child. Although she does paint and draw, her main area of work is in scratchboard engraving.

She often is commissioned for pet portraits in this unique medium. Reproductions of her work are sold on mugs and as downloadable prints online.

Active in the Boerne arts community for years, Michelle serves on the planning committee for the Boerne Art League. She lives alongside the Guadalupe River, where there is ample wildlife to inspire her work, as well as plenty of room for her pet menagerie.