Sharon Shaw is an oil painter, she creates landscapes, mostly of beautiful Bucks County and portraits. She also creates Religious Icons using Egg Tempera done in the Historical Russian, and Byzantine style. Sharon has studied art at various art schools including The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and Barnstone Studios and has taken a number of art workshops with well known artists. She is a member of the Philadelphia Sketch Club. She is currently serving as President of the New Hope Art League and is a member of a number of local Art Clubs. the Rockport Art Association, and is also a member of the Artists Fellowship, NYC.
Sharon has taught art classes in Bucks County and has painted En Plein Air in Bucks County, Burlington County, along the Delaware River, and the Philadelphia Area. She is currently focusing on Studio works of Bucks County as well as figure works.
Sharon has commission portraits, posthumous portraits and landscapes in private collections. Gallery representation is through the Farnsworth Gallery in Bordentown, New Jersey and Chapman Gallery in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Sharon and her husband live in scenic Bucks County Pennsylvania where she draws inspiration.
Recent Awards include: 2009 "Best Of Show Awad" Robert Ransley Annual Juried Art Show,
2009 1st Place Award Willingboro Art Alliance 14th Annual Open Juried Art Exchbition,
2009 Honorable Mention, Saint Stephens Juried Art Show 2008 Best of Show Willingboro Art Alliance Annual Open Juried Show at the Finkler Art Gallery, 2008 US Army Fine Arts Juried Show, Honorable Mention, 2007 Phillips Mill Lacey Family Small Oil Painting Award, 2007 1st Place, US Army Oil Painting Award, 2007 Ransley Annual Juried Show Special Award for Oil Landscape, 2007 2d Place Award Burlington County Art Guild Creations Gallery Juried Show, 2007 Merit Award Willingboro Art Alliance Annual Juried show at the Finkller Gallery. 2006 Merit Award Smithville Juried Art Show, 2005 Woman at Work Juried Art Show, Burlington County.
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