Background
Baran, Shirley Walters was born in New Orleans. Daughter of Harmon Jesse and Willa Mae Walters.
Baran, Shirley Walters was born in New Orleans. Daughter of Harmon Jesse and Willa Mae Walters.
Student, Corcoran Museum School Art, 1943-1945; student, University Arkansas, 1945-1948; student, Pratt Institute, 1945-1948.
Co-owner, illustrator, Baran-Walters Advertising, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1949-1965; free lance illustrator, painter, sculptor, Greenville, South Carolina., 1966-1981; art coordinator, Her Majesty Industries, Greenville, South Carolina. illustrator, layout artist, Millbrae (California) Sun illustrator, layout artist, Boutique Villager, Burlingame, California illustrator, layout artist, Foster City (California) Progress illustrator, layout artist, Millbrae Leader illustrator, layout artist, San Carlos (California) Inquirer illustrator, layout artist, Belmont (California) Courier Bulletin, 1981-1993. Freelance designer Clay Art Company, San Francisco, since 1987. Doll designer Friends Forever, Windsor, California, since 1987.
Married Helko Eli Baran. 3 children.