Black sky at noon

January 2020 and Mallacoota was engulfed in fire. At 9 am the sky went pitch black. Embers fell as people gathered on beaches and in boats, realising that in the end, what is precious comes down to a very few things. It was a scene that we will long remember. And a portent to an extreme and extraordinary year to come.

As a child I spent every summer holiday at Mallacoota, camping at the foreshore camp site along with literally hundreds of other families and children. It remains a place that holds the happiest of memories.

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Sharon is a visual artist from Melbourne, best known for her bold use of colour and abstracted figuration. Working predominantly with acrylic paint, she also likes to experiment with oils, pastels, ink and collage. Sharon's work draws on memory, dreams, people watching and her concern with contemporary issues such as human rights, social justice, mental illness and feminism.

Sharon says "My work is influenced by many things across the personal, the political and the aesthetic. Whilst I paint landscapes, portraits and abstract paintings, I am most particularly interested in figurative works. Body language, story telling and the diversity of human experience are all themes you will find in my work."

In 2018 she was selected for an international artist residency at Chateau d' Orquevaux in France where she worked on a series of paintings exploring female identity and its intersection with language. Many of the works from this period were exhibited in Melbourne in her "Falling Women" Exhibition. "
Sharon's paintings are held in private collections across Australia, in the UK, France , Singapore, Canada and the USA. 3 of her paintings are held in the permanent collection at Chateau d' Orquevaux.

She is the artist in residence at Liquid Amber Press, a publishing company that works at the intersection of visual arts and poetry, and is represented by Kelli Lundberg Art in Victoria and Satch and Co in NSW