Sharon Withers is a young artist known for creating large scale abstract landscape work and triptych oil paintings. Her work can be found worldwide from America to Europe in private collections and corporate establishments.

Sharon showed a unique talent for the creative arts from an early age. By the age of 14 she had already received top grades & won regional competitions in landscape painting. As well as being a painter she has enjoyed an exciting career as an amateur dancer. Her continued passion for Ballroom & Latin American dance is a joyful expression of her creative talent and many people have said that her energy and enthusiasm are evident in her paintings through the use of colour and movement.

Studying at The Slade School of Fine Art, Turner Prize winner Jenny Saville encouraged Sharon’s unique method of painting which allows her to create a startling dynamism in her compositions. Sharon’s reputation continues to grow and she has featured in a series of successful exhibitions throughout the UK and is represented in a growing coterie of commercial galleries.

Qualifications

1995 – 1999 The Slade School of Fine Art
University College London
BA (HONS) Fine Art
2003 – Present Fine Art Gallery Manager

Prizes Scholarships and Awards

2000 Selected as Young Landscape artist of the future Award finalist
Gilchrist Fisher - exhibition at the Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London
2005 Heather Wagstaff Oil Award
2004 David Yellop Academy Award
1996 Josephine Manjella Award for mixed media

Exhibition & Collections

2007 Fountain Gallery, Hampton Court
2006 Colour and Motion - Windsor Street Gallery
2006 Echoes of Nature - Queen Elizabeth Park
2005/06/07 Forest Gallery Fine Art
2005 Cass Business School London
2004 Yvonne Arnaud, Guildford Art
2004 Echoes - Windsor Street Gallery
2003 Synergy - Windsor Street Gallery
2003 Elements - Harvey Gallery Guildford
2002 First Sight Fine Art, Bath
2002 The British Society of Graduate Artists, Mall Galleries London
2001 Holmes Place - Canary Wharf, London
2001 Cinnamon Cay - London
2000 First Sight Best of 1999 show, Bath
2000 The Rebecca Hossack Gallery Gilchrest Fisher Award, London
2000 Art 2000 - Business Design Centre, London
1999 The Affordable Art Fair, London
1999 The Spitz Gallery, London
1999 First Sight Fine Art Summer Show, Bath
1999 The Slade School of Fine Art – UCL, London

Statement

My work relates to aspects of space time tension and surface tension. Time and gravity play a key role, the intrusion of these elements relates to cause and effect.

I am emphasising the visual tension between the two dimensional plane and the three dimensional space.

The paintings are based on shapes and textures found in nature and their symbolic meanings.

The work combines visual richness and textural depth. The Landscapes breathe spirit into canvas creating fresh inspirational artworks.

Through the process of layering and texture residues of past disturbances are visible throughout the layering leaving an imprint of the event. My art is a living experience which is designed to draw you into the essence of the energy that connects everything in creation.

In the essence of this mysterious quantum canvas we are the bridge between the creation of our inner and outer worlds, we become the mirror which shows us our creation. We feel the depth and passion of expression for we are the canvas as well as the images upon the canvas. My work is designed to intrigue and challenge your perception of the real world.