Sharon Done

Liberated from any artisitic tuitional constraints, the painting virus completely consumes me and I don't ever wish to recover.
A constant doer and a worrier I find respite in the canvas. Pouring my own personal energy, angst and enthusiasm into every painting I create, my emotions transfer, restoring calm.
The subject of my body of work has been clearly delineated from the start and is fundamentally elemental. Human beings and sometimes animals being my chosen element; providing the starting point both emotionally and artisically for my paintings.
Being extremely sensitive to my fellow humans I am fascinated by how different we all are in body and soul. Anthropology fires and lures my imagination and I find the human face most especially addictive.
After experimenting with various media, I now use a combination of oils, acrylics and ink. Working on an extravagant scale in a very spontaneous, instinctive and expressionist style, I never use live models and work solely from my imagination which is occasionally triggered by historical reference, allowing me to create paintings of slightly surreal, emotionally charged characters. I actively encourage the colours to manifest, blend, blur and distort when I paint, enabling...

The Fringe Exhibition - Artloco, Ticehurst - September 2010
The Foundation Gallery - Photoshoot Studio Hire - October/November 2010
Parallax Art Fair, Royal Opera Arcade, Pall Mall 7 - 10th July, 2011
Kino Cinema, Hawkhurst, 3 January - April 2012
Dragon Bar, George St, Hastings, 9-30 May, 2012
The Gallery at Lilford Framing, Castle St, Canterbury, Kent