Career
She was "considered the Andy Warhol of seeds" according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune,
Colton was born and raised on a farm near Sherburn, Minnesota in rural Martin County. She didn"t start as a crop artist until later in her life.. Quite frankly, a lot of people didn"t want to compete against her." As a result she retired from the State Fair competition in 1983 "to let others have a chance at winning ribbons".
She continued to be part of the show, though with "at least 50 of seed art pictures" displayed in the Fair"s Horticulture Building and was hired by the fair to do live demonstrations of crop art techniques for fairgoers.
She died of congestive heart failure at her home in Owatonna, Minnesota.
