Sharon’s studio in Newborough
Sharon commenced her art and screenprinting business in 1985 at the artists run space, ARC Yinnar in country Victoria. In 1997 she moved to her studio in a small shopping strip in the town of Newborough where she continues to produce and sell her art
Sharon's main interests include the process orientated medium of screenprinting and the rich, colouful and spontaneous medium of pastel drawing.
Teaching art workshops is another rewarding aspect to Sharon’s career as an artist.
Sharon refers to herself as a ‘hopeless cat lover’ and has screenprinted many series of edition prints featuring cats. These images are colourful and full of whimsy as is usual of Sharon’s work. Sharon’s latest pastel drawings are inspired from both Asian and Celtic imagery with a touch of Art Noveau. As with many of her pastel drawings Sharon was able to let her imagination go wild creating these fantasy images.
Pet Portraits are a special treat for Sharon as she is an animal lover and is able to capture the personality of the pet in pastel from a photograph.
2011 ‘True Roots’ group exhibition at Oak Hill Gallery Mornington
2010 ‘Prints From Gippsland’ group exhibition at Gallery ARC Yinnar
2010 ‘Descendants’ exhibition with Klaire Anderson at Stockyard Gallery Foster
2010 Bushfire Recovery Artist bookmaking workshop at ARC Yinnar
2010 Screenprinting workshop with Latrobe Valley Sudanese Women’s group
2009 Studio at Newborough creating artworks and commercial screenprinting
2009 Donation of screenprinted artwork to the Leukemia Foundation with the Make Moe Mauve Day (see above)
2009 ‘Sparks of Creativity’ group exhibition at St Vincents Hospital Melbourne
2006 - 10 Teacher of screenprinting at Fulham Correctional Centre Sale.
2000 - 2005 Teacher in Screenprinting & Art for Yakuna Dreaming, RM IT (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology)
2000 Production of Reproduction art pieces for the Centenary of Federation commissioned by National Gallery of Australia (Canberra) and Craft Australia
2000 Artist in Residence at Lowanna Secondary College Moe, funded by AEDIS (Artists and Designers in Schools)
1991 - 1998~Tutor "Mainstreet Artworks" workshops for disabled artists
1985 Commenced working in studio at ARC Yinnar and started screenprinting and art business.
1984 Banner Project funded by Latrobe City