I’m Sharon, a British fine artist based in Ascot, creating layered oil paintings inspired by the sea as a place of calm, clarity, and return to self. My work explores freedom, emotional depth, and the quiet strength that comes from moving through life’s challenges and finding your way back to yourself.
Each painting begins intuitively. Before the paint is applied, I often write lyrics, intentions, or fragments of thought directly onto the canvas. These words are then layered over, no longer visible but still present, shaping the energy of the work and holding a quiet narrative beneath the surface.
My path to becoming a full-time artist in midlife has been anything but linear, but that’s exactly what gives the work its depth. Creativity has always been part of my life, from early drawing and painting to working as a photographer’s assistant, where I learned to hand-manipulate colour prints, and later training as a special effects makeup artist working on editorial and album cover shoots.
After becoming a mother, art remained an intrinsic part of who I am, even when it wasn’t at the forefront. Returning to it later in life, I trained in oil painting, studying traditional techniques inspired by the old masters, and gradually rebuilt a creative practice that is now at the heart of my life.
In recent years, my work has been exhibited across the UK and internationally, including at the Mangusta Yacht Launch in London, and I was awarded Highly Commended at the Windsor Castle En Plein Air event. My paintings are held in private collections and represented by selected galleries.
Alongside my studio practice, I’ve been featured in publications including Artist & Illustrator, Canvas Rebel, and Bold Journey, and was named one of Premier Magazine UK’s Women to Watch. I also co-present Just Women on Brooklands Radio, where I speak about art, reinvention, and creative life after 50.
I feel incredibly grateful to now paint full-time. My hope is that each piece offers a sense of calm, connection, and space, something to return to, again and again.
Exhibitions & Events
14th - 17th May - Royal Windsor Horse Show - Windsor
2nd - 22nd June - Surrey Open Art Studios - River House Barn Walton upon Thames
6th June - Royal Windsor Flower Show - Windsor Great Park
17th July - 2nd August - AdLib Gallery - Wimbledon
Previous
3rd - 5th October - Art Surrey- Epsom Downs Racecourse
July 1st - July 31st - Gallery - 79a High St, Eton
June 7th - Royal Windsor Flower Show - Windsor Great Park
May 24th - June 1st - Eton Arts Week - Eton High Street
Feb 21st - 23rd 2025 - Longwick Art Show - Princess Risborough
Sept 27th - The Circle Gallery - Gallery Exhibition
Sept 4th - Daily Inspiration Interview - Canvas Rebel
Aug 8th 2024 - Radical Freedom Book Launch - Amazon
June 8th 2024 - Royal Windsor Flower Show - Windsor Great Park
May 22nd - 23rd 2024 - Da Vinci Fine Art/Mangusta YachtsEvent - Soho, London
May 10th - 12th 2024 - Sussex Art Fair, Goodwood Racecourse
March 2024 - Premiere Magazine, Women to Watch 2024
Feb 2024 - The Circle Gallery, Sunninghill
Feb 2024 - Longwick Art Show, Princess Risborough
Jan 2024 - Bold Journey Magazine Interview
Nov 24th - 26th- Windsor Art Fair, Royal Windsor Racecourse
Nov 12th - Artisan Fayre, The Fox & Hounds, Englefield Green
Sept 28th - Oct 1st - Roy’s Art Fair, Bargehouse, OXO Tower Wharf,
Southbank, London
Aug 23rd, 2023 - Summer Event & Book Signing, Sunningdale
Aug 2023 - The Creative Lifebook II- Radical Self-love, Launch
Summer 2023 - Guest Columnist, “How I Make it Work”, Artist & Illustrator Magazine
March 2023 - Surrey Art Fair, Sandown Park Racecourse, Esher, UK
Jan 2023 - Meet the Artist Interview,CanvasRebel Magazine
Nov 2022 - Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Windsor Racecourse, UK
Jul 2022 - Platinum Jubilee, En Plein Air, Windsor Castle, UK
Jul 2022 - Hidden Treasures, Monat Gallery, Madrid
Aug 2022 - Crossing Paths, Monat Gallery, Madrid
May 2022 - International Contemporary Art Fair, LuxExpo the Box, Luxembourg