On the turn 4 Painting

Sharon Drew lives and works in London and her work has recently been used in shoots for Stella McCartney, Gucci Flora, Soho Home London & Los Angeles. Her paintings have been published in magazines such as The World of Interiors, Elle Decoration and interiors online collections for Soho Home. Green Sketching sessions have also been featured in The Guardian. She is represented by Richeldis Fine Art Gallery and MAH - Modern Art Hire Gallery. Sharon was London Borough of Culture Artist-in-Residence with Across the Spectrum in Waltham Forest and has previously completed two residencies at Trinity Buoy Wharf Docklands. Central London Solo shows include Immersion at John McAslan + Partners and In Motion at The Place. Two-person shows include Third Space Tower Bridge with Rebecca Hossack Gallery and Rhythm–Balance-Flow T5 Gallery at Terminal 5, London Heathrow. Sharon’s work has regularly been selected for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions and shortlisted for several prizes including the Liquitex Painting Prize. She was Art Consultant and provider of paintings for Art Is… a British musical feature film, directed by Barry Bliss and screened at Tate Modern and international film festivals. Sharon completed her Fine Art MA at UAL Central Saint Martins in 2003 where she is now a Mentor to Fine Art MA and BA students. Sharon’s work is in Jigsaw fashion stores and private collections in Canada, Germany and widely throughout the UK. Work Statement In this age of instant gratification and constant distraction it is difficult to be fully present in a place, process or moment in time. And yet it is this feeling of total immersion that I strive for through my art. Time, preparation and planning needs to be given to get to a place both physically and mentally, where intuition, creativity and the subconscious can take over and I can be truly ‘in the moment’. Being immersed in a particular landscape can create a sense of connection that I try to rediscover later in the studio. I sometimes sketch from observation locally in Epping Forest or the Thames foreshore, other times I travel to the coasts of Cornwall and Kent. In the forest I take much delight in seasonal colour, light and shade created by the tree canopy and twists and turns of oaks. By the river and sea I revel in exposure to the elements, expansive skies, changing tides and turbulent water.