Painting
Sharon A. Stone
After 30+ years of working life in health care, policy, planning, communications and performance management, Sharon found herself interested in learning to paint. Taking early retirement and a few workshops, Sharon closeted herself away in 2007 and painted continuously for 4 months. Reviews from an art instructor and two other respected, well-known artists were favorable. She made the decision to continue to paint.
An award-winning artist, Sharon does both abstract and representational acrylic work as well as work that she calls “bridging the gap”.
Through Artishow, Sharon has had solo shows at the Inn at Laurel Point in February 2023, April 2024, and in October 2024.
She has had solo shows at Empourium Gallery, and Art Gallery of the Cowichan Performing Arts Centre (2019), Chapel Gallery (2018), Eclectic Gallery (2013) in Victoria, Gallery 223 (2012) in Nanaimo, and the Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria twice (2009, 2012).
Sharon has been in many groups shows including a 3 person show at Gallery Splash in 2022, a 2 person show at Trounce Alley Gallery (2016), a 3 person show “Crawling the Walls” (2015), and a 5 person show “Up Island” (2013) at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. Her paintings have appeared in many juried Federation of Canadian Artists (FCA) exhibitions in places such as Kelowna, Kamloops, Vancouver, Nanaimo, Ladysmith and Victoria. Additionally, she has exhibited her work in Taiwan and Shanghai. She is currently represented by Aquamaris Gallery in Duncan, and The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria.
Sharon participated in the opening show of Goldfinch Gallery in February 2024, and of the opening show of Gallery Splash in September 2021.
2018 was Sharon’s sixth year painting at the Inn at Laurel Point as an artist-in-residence, and since then, she has been honoured by having one of the conference rooms there named after her (Stone room), an honor she shares with 3 indigenous artists whose names are on other conference rooms.
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