Sharon Guy

My purpose as an artist is to express the healing power of the natural world and to encourage others to do the same. Nature is alive and infused with spirit. It beckons us to return from our world of noisy distractions and be restored. I constantly seek to reconnect with this spirit of earth, sea, and sky through creating art.

My goal is to transcend literal representation and express the spirit and spark of life in nature and living things. I see myself not as an imitator of the natural world, but an interpreter of it. My painting technique involves simplification, abstraction, soft edges, and attention to patterns and shapes to create an impression of what I saw and felt. My art is a way to share my connection with the healing power of nature and wild places with whoever stops to look.

BA In Fine Arts, Bard College, New York, 1981Simons Rock College, Massachusetts, 1976-1978,

Third Place, Modes of Abstraction, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, Florida 2021

Honorable Mention, Lightchasers Plein Air Painters Annual Show, Sarasota, Florida, 2020

Third Place, Peace River Painters Visual Arts Center Plein Air Show, February, 2015

Sandcastles to Shrimp Boats, Plein Air Paintout, Fort Myers Beach, November, 2014

Juried Plein Air Paintout, Paint The Town, Bradenton, Florida, September, 2014

BOLDBRUSH FAV 15% WINNER: January, 2014

Second Place, Arcadia, Florida Plein Air Paintout, November, 2013

Light Chasers plein air painting group annual show, Sarasota, Florida 2013 - 2016

Joan Peters Gallery, Seascape Blues, Two-person show, Village of the Arts, Bradenton, FL, October, 2012

Third Place in Show, Members Juried Exhibition, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL, March, 2012

Juried Exhibition, Atlanta Equestrian Exhibition, The Gallery at Paper Mill Village, Marietta GA, August, 2010

Broadway Arts & Cultural Display, April, 2010, Window Installation, Downtown Fort Myers, Florida, Curated by Daniel Calvert

Juried Exhibition, Navarro Council of the Arts 2009, National Juried Art Show, Corsicana, Texas, September, 2009

Juried Exhibition, Western States Horse Expo Equine Dream Art S...