About the Artist
Born into an artistic family, studying sculptures and paintings done by them, as they were displayed in grandmothers home, was a way of life for Sharon.
In an elementary school in Cincinnati, Ohio, her art teacher shared with her his love for the tactile mediums of pastel and clay, which still has a profound effect on her life. Then, an introduction to Degas and Cassatt was to influence her in an ever expanding bloom of experience.
Great music has always created atmospheres of creativity for artists, beginning as a pre-schooler she played to the background music of Walt Disney's great visionary 45rpm records of Classics and later enjoyed the movie 'Fantasia', the idea of feeling the mood and emotion has grown to a place in her paintings.
"Impressionism as expression, gives pieces the freedom to be both dimensional and have the movement within the piece abound. Coloration becomes a definition of light sources and shadow, form and style, and gives character to the person or place. Mood and emotion flow and fill the art piece with this freedom of expression." ~Sharon
Educational references ---Teachers
Studying with accomplished artists in workshops and classes, privately and in Colleges, Sharon was able to learn from some successful artists such as the late Irving Shapiro , MA,AWS, watercolorist, Art Institute of Chicago; Ken Mitchell, MA,Eastern Washington; Susan Gansert-Shaw, BA, Olympic Peninsula,Washington; Charlotte Hastings-Maher,MA, Vermont College, New York & Vermont, nesting themes; Rafe Erickson,PSA, pastelist and landscapist; Butch Krieger, MA, Olympic Peninsula,& Bellevue, Washington; Carol Janda, MA, NWWS, Olympic Peninsula, watercolorist; Osral Allred, BFA, MFA, Eastern Utah, teacher & watercolorist; Bill Merrill, MA, teacher and potter, Peninsula College; Jeannette Gilmore, miniaturist, Olympic Peninsula; Joan Justus, BA , MA, Wyoming and Logan, Utah; and last, but not least the landscapist and wildlife artist, Gary Thomas, Olympic Peninsula.
Exhibitions
Port Angeles, Washington
Clallam County Art League + Co-op Gallery
Seafirst Bank, Forks, Washington
Far West Art League Group
Exhibitions
Clallam County, Washington
Clallam County
Fair
Fall River Mills, California
Fall River Mills
Juried International Show
Fall River Mills, California
Fall River Mills Juried National Show
Sequim Washington
Sequim Juried Group Show
Forks, Washington
Far West
Art League, Forks 4th of July
Ocean Shores,
Washington
Ocean Shores Art League, Spring Juried Show 2006
