The Chapel Gallery is delighted to invite you to our second exhibit!
=0D=0A=Artist Statement:
=0D=0A=This body of work was inspired by recent trips to Japan where I had an opportunity to visit traditional architecture, sacred places such as bamboo forests and places of worship, and partake in cultural activities such as a tea ceremony. It was a pleasure to see not only the older generation but the younger generation in traditional dress in some key cultural areas of Japan such as Kyoto.
=0D=0A=The art of and reverence for the tea ceremony was apparent, even when the ceremony was witnessed by and participated in by tourists. For a number of years, I have been experimenting with acrylic textures and with pouring acrylic paint. I saw an opportunity to combine these techniques. Each of the twelve paintings in this series is done in four stages. It is not until the final stage that the actual figures emerge. This “Japanese Tea Ceremony” series has allowed me to combine a number of techniques to achieve a contemporary expression of a traditional subject matter.
=0D=0A=Artist Biography:
=0D=0A=After 30 + years of working life in health care, policy, planning, communications and performance management, Sharon found herself interested in learning to paint. After taking a few workshops, and on taking early retirement at 58, Sharon closeted herself away and painted continuously for 4 months. Reviews from an art instructor and two other respected, well-known artists were favourable. She made the decision to continue to paint.
=0D=0A=Sharon does both abstract and representational acrylic work as well as art that she calls “bridging the gap”. She lives in Cobble Hill.
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