art by sharon

I like moving pictures

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a short dream about mugwort acrylic on canvas, 30x24in -- when i first started painting this at the beginning of the year, i had a very different vision. as i lived with the image my view of it changed several times. i'm happy to have settled here.

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my first time passing by mt shasta i was in the car with some friends on the way up to crater lake. never have fallen in love with a mountain so quick.

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study from a trip to the channel islands

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the girls in denim acrylic on canvas, 24 x 30in

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parentals

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studies from sydney

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a tree from a hike today

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a quick study from a trip back to the east coast

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process for the soto swing!

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rediscovering animation a little bit yay ⚾️💥

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60 drawings of chickens in 5 seconds

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small weekend paint (: a little image from the north coast of barbados that has been sitting in the back of my mind

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dad in 2004 acrylic on canvas, 30x24in

while waiting in an airport in miami i wrote down my thoughts about preparing for this painting. it was very cathartic and so was finally finally finally finishing this. i feel like i put my whole being and also the 20 years between then and now in it.

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mary from the holdovers… a new favorite for sure

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the middle kids in beijing, 2013 acrylic, 20x16in

finally finished this one, just barely in time for the new year 🐉 hope it finds a home in the motherland some day

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quick lil poses! 🕺⚾️

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coffee on 21 dec 2022, acrylic, 30x24in

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10/21/2023 notes

feeling extra grateful recently to have art as a means of reflection and spending time w people i love but am apart from. digital is always fun but I have been very happy to work on the canvas lately (also lost my wacom bc im dumb lol). i am so surrounded by technology on a daily basis--intense, rapid technology that is always focused on being faster! + better! and is dictated by an agenda that rewards the production of more economical and more "beautiful" and more perfect imagery. my favorite part of art tho is that I get to spend lots of time thinking about and sitting with one person/place/thing without being rushed… I know this is a privilege that some people wouldn’t even get to have in several lifetimes so i never take it for granted. even so, it can be hard to do this where I am 😕 but luckily I have also met so many ppl who are intentionally creative and have taught me new things about the joy of making art ☺️🫶 anyways I paint pictures out of love and this is a painting of my mom