Mixed Media, Acrylic, graphite and wax pencil on Beech Panel
30 x 30cm panel
45 x 45 cm framed in St Ives style frame, painted in Farrow & Ball soft white
Contours Sharon Harvey
Sharon Harvey is a painter living and working in Gloucestershire, England. Her paintings are inspired by memory and the concept of a contemporary landscape genre.
Sharon studied at Winchester School of Art, graduating with a First-Class Honours degree in Fine Art. Exhibiting widely throughout the UK, Sharon is currently represented by London based Artiq, Greenstage Gallery in Herefordshire and The Sanctuary Gallery in Gloucestershire. Sharon has attended residencies with both Brison Veor and Allenheads Contemporary Arts and has been shortlisted for The National Graduate Prize, The Royal Art Prize at London’s Mall Galleries, the Bath Open at Victoria Public Art Gallery and Mottisfont Open with The National Trust. Sharon is also a graduate of the yearlong mentoring program with Newlyn School of Art.
In addition to her commercial painting practice Sharon has taught both adults at the University of Southampton and secondary school pupils both in life drawing and contemporary art history. Sharon has been an associate member of CAS focusing on experimental and community projects and has also collaborated and acted as a visual recorder through drawing on a community mental health project in the Forest of Dean.
Sharon opened The Sanctuary Gallery, a new contemporary art gallery in Newnham in December 2022. Providing 7 curated exhibitions yearly featuring painting, ceramics , jewellery and textiles from both emerging and mid career artists.