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Sharon is a visual artist from Melbourne, best known for her portraits and abstracted figuration. Working predominantly with acrylic paint, she also likes to experiment with oils, pastels, ink and collage. A medical practitioner, Sharon finds painting provides her the balance she needs to manage the demands of her work. Themes explored through Sharon's work include: human rights, social justice, mental illness and feminism. 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. "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." 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. Her artworks are featured on a number of poetry publications.