"The blend of colors is intoxicating. Some of them make me want to just fall into them and let my senses absorb them." --Linda Deutsch, Journalist, Associated Press Special Correspondent, Los Angeles, CA
"Sharon's paintings are bold yet enigmatic, firing my imagination to interpet their mystery." Trish Heenan, Jazz Singer and Collector, Lymm, England
"Both visually and conceptually rich. Her adept use of oil paint, textures, and color creates a magical experience for viewers, evoking imagination and emotion. Her paintings possess a captivating and lyrical presence." --Susan Manders, Susan Manders Art Experience, Sherman Oaks, CA
"When I first saw Sharon's paintings, I was wowed. The colors are very vibrant and beautiful. Her paintings spoke to me. I could see images from the titles of each piece." --Christine Linguanti, Collector, San Rafael, CA
"For me, the feel and optimism of the impressionists, both in her use of colour and the physicality of the paint texture, gives her paintings remarkable depth and nuance." --William Ellis, Jazz Photographer and Collector, Lymm, England
"Varied colors and textures evoke placidness or agitation and everything in between. Patterns in both color and the texture add a dimensionality which reminds that every stroke is in some way deliberate and coherent. Like looking into a magic eye… A pattern slowly begins to emerge." Kyle Kimber, Marketing Specialist, Sherman Oaks, CA
"Sharon's use of texture and color in her abstractions is what first drew me to her beautiful paintings, and the juxtaposition with my own photography compositions is always an interesting element of intrigue in our collaborative series, Symbiosis. Her work certainly stands by itself, and I always look forward to seeing what she does next." Don Saban, Artist/Photographer, Los Angeles, CA
"Her use of color is especially moving: the schemes, impenetrable yet softly introspective and nonlinear. Her pieces are alive, with beating hearts and contained consciousness that are not only interrelational, they're relevant and universal." --Rome Romanne, Collector, Pasadena, CA
Brushstroke Ballet / Oil on Canvas / 20 x 20
Color Cascade / Oil on Canvas / 20 x 20
Golden Hue Blue Jazz / Oil on Canvas / 20 x 20
Hidden Pathways / Oil on Canvas / 20 x 20
My Goat's Canvas / Oil on Canvas / 36 x 36
Prismatic Voyage / Oil on Canvas / 24 x 24
Sunlight in the Rainforest / Oil on Canvas / 30 x 40
Visions Unfold / Oil on Canvas / 20 x 16
Molten Symphony / Oil on Canvas / 36 x 36
Hairicane / Oil on Canvas / 30 x 48
Tropical Sunset / Oil on Canvas / 40 x 30
Sandstorm / Oil on Canvas / 30 x 30
Metropolis / Oil on Canvas / 24 x 24
Chaos / Oil on Canvas / 30 x 40
Emotions / Oil on Canvas / 30 x 30
Into the Hills / Oil on Canvas / 30 x 30
Aquatic Whirl / Oil on Canvas / 36 x 24
Canyons of Color / Oil on Canvas / 36 x 36
Dusk / Oil on Canvas / 30 x 30
Underwater Magic / Oil on Canvas / 36 x 24
Sails in the Distance / Oil on Canvas / 24 x 24
Seaport / Oil on Canvas / 24 x 24
Thunderstorm / Oil on Canvas / 24 x 24
Heartfelt / Oil on Canvas / 24 x 24
Figures and Faces / Oil on Canvas / 36 x 36
Jazz in the Moment / Oil on Canvas 24 x 24
Purple River / Oil on Canvas / 24 x 24
Dancing / Oil on Canvas / 30 x 30
Sargasso Sea / Oil on Canvas / 24 x 36
In the Horsetails / Oil on Canvas / 24 x 24
Peaceful / Oil on Canvas / 20 x 20
Purple Rocks Under Water / Oil on Canvas / 20 x 20
Underwater Color / Oil on Canvas / 20 x 20
Vase with Purple Flowers / Oil on Canvas / 24 x 24
The Pond / Oil on Canvas / 24 x 36
Flower Pot / Oil on Canvas / 20 x 20
Irises / Oil on Canvas / 20 x 16
Menagerie / Oil on Canvas / 36 x 24
Mountains at Water's Edge / Oil on Canvas / 24 x 30
Coasting to the Sea / Oil on Canvas / 36 x 36
In the Xeriscape Garden / Oil on Canvas / 30 x 30
Paris Pink & Green Chair / Oil on Canvas / 40 x 30
Magical Zoo / Oil on Canvas / 36 x 36
In the Birches / Oil on Canvas / 30 x 40
Traffic / Oil on Canvas / 24 x 30
The Plains / Oil on Canvas / 30 x 40
Moonlake / Oil on Canvas / 30 x 30
Central Park / Oil on Canvas / 24 x 24
Riches / Oil on Canvas / 24 x 30
Lavender Field / Oil on Canvas / 24 x 30
Seaweed / Oil on Canvas / 20 x 16
Archipelago / Oil on Canvas / 20 x 16
Ripples and Sparkles / Oil on Canvas / 16 x20
Iron Shore / Oil on Canvas / 24 x 24
Beyond the Dark / Oil on Canvas / 20 x 20
From the Shore / Oil on Canvas / 20 x 20
Raspberry Clusters / Oil on Canvas / 20 x 20
Lady Under a Hat / Oil on Canvas / 20 x 20
Lily / Oil on Canvas / 24 x 36
In the Park / Oil on Canvas / 30 x 30
Monet Madness / Oil on Canvas / 24 x 36 x 1 5/8
Rhapsody in Pink / Oil on Canvas / 24 x 36
Hidden Village / Oil on Canvas / 30 x 40
Floating Blue Rocks / Oil on Canvas / 30 x 15
My work explores a multitude of day-to-day human experiences through an abstract language of color and mark making. Beginning with color, found intuitively, I embark upon a dialog with the painted surface through a vocabulary of mark making - pushing and pulling the surface, painting out, painting in, until that surface is able to "speak" for itself. Harmonizing the color in its own right, lifting and dropping tones until the point at which the painting just "clicks" into place. For me, the act of naming the painting is as important as the act of making. Once complete, each painting suggests its subject to me - a stream of traffic, a field of end of season flowers - whatever it is, the painting knows who it is.