Sharon Kingston is an oil painter who uses the properties of her medium to create abstract paintings that respond to both the atmosphere of her surroundings and poetry. This method of looking inward and outward and, in the moments of painting, finding her way on the canvas is her approach to creating paintings infused with poetry and the memory of landscape. The atmospheric element of her work is a testament to her desire to create spaces that are undefined, contemplative and allow room to reflect and accept uncertainty. Poetry, by nature open ended, is used both in the conceptualization of the work and as a part of the studio practice. The words of Rainer Rilke have informed Sharon’s work for many years, but she also turns to contemporary poetry when it resonates with her life. She uses layers of transparent color, reveals forms by concealing and unearthing pentimenti and suggests elements of landscape in her process.
Sharon resides in Bellingham WA with her husband. Her college age children now reside in the mountains of Montana and Colorado. She studied fine art as a post-baccalaureate student after a career in the printing and publishing industry which included a Master's Degree in Business and has been exhibiting her paintings professionally for the past 15 years. Her paintings are held in collections throughout the United States and Canada.
2019 EXHIBIT SCHEDULE
Although I have exhibited extensively with galleries in the past and do occasionally continue to do so through regional art representatives, those organizations are tasked with their 50% commission structure to market the work independent of me. Many of my paintings, especially my new work, are on view at my storefront studio listed below. If you'd like a list of exhibitions in the region where my work is being shown, please send me an email and I'll gladly share that information with you.
Paintings can be viewed at
203 PROSPECT STREET
eagerly open by appointment
email, text or phone me up
sharonkingston@me.com
or phone/text to 360-739-2474
2018
Matzke Fine Art
Camano Island
2017
Matzke Fine Art
Camano Island
late April - June 2017
2016
Plank & Grain, Seattle
a showing of my atmospheric landscape paintings
December 16, 2015 - March 31, 2016
Ongoing
@Modern Classics Furniture+Art (storefront to my studio)
1418 N State Street
Bellingham, WA
Store hours Wed-Sat noon - 5
Ongoing
@Modern Classics Furniture
410 S Michigan Ave, Third Floor
Chicago, IL
visit
for gallery hours
Ongoing
Addison Gallery
Delray Beach, FL
visit for gallery hours and information
2015
June/July 2015
Matzke Fine Art
Summer Moments Group Show
exhibiting new paintings
Camano Island, WA
opening June 27
July/August
Whatcom Land Trust
Lake Whatcom paintings
Bellingham, WA
private opening June 20
May 2015
Smith Vallee Gallery
2 person exhibit titled Homage
Edison, WA
2014
Sky, an invitational group exhibit
Smith | Vallee Gallery
Edison, WA
June 2014
opening reception June 7 from 5-8 pm
Gallery hours, Wed-Sun 11 - 5
Atmospheres
a group exhibit with Tyree Callahan, Todd Horton and Sharon Kingston
Smith | Vallee Gallery, Edison WA
March 1 - March 30
Modern Classics Bellingham Showroom
1418 N State Street
beginning March 26, noon - 5 Wed - Sat
otherwise by appt by calling 360-739-2474
Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship
1207 Ellsworth
in the lobby, open most days
through April 2014
A Special Showing Willows Inn
Lummi Island, WA
April 2013 ongoing
2013
FEBRUARY & MARCH 2013
Edgewater Place
472 South State Street #403
Bellingham
Open 11:30 to 2:30 Friday and Sunday
MARCH & APRIL 2013
Making a World
Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle
SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER 2013
Invitational Exhibit
Lynnwood Convention Center
2012
JANUARY & FEBRUARY 2012
Group Exhibit, Tasting Menu Second Course
Simon Mace Gallery
Port Townsend, WA
January 5 - February 29th, 2012
FEBRUARY - MAY 2012
Group Exhibit, Spring Reflections
Healing Through Art
St. Joseph Hospital Art Program
Bellingham, WA
February 3 - May 30th, 2012
Artist Reception Feb 3, 6 - 7:30 in the hospital cafeteria
APRIL 2012
Solo Exhibit, The Poetic Paintings of Sharon Kingston
Fountainhead Gallery
Seattle, WA
Opening April 5, 2012
JULY 2012
Sharon Kingston, At Large
Fourth Corner Frames & Gallery
311 W Holly Street, Bellingham
Artist reception July 6 with exhibit continuing through July 31.
OCTOBER 2012 - first two weekends in October
Juried Studio Tour
Whatcom Artist Studio Tour
@ Sharon Kingston's Studio
1701 Ellis Street, Bellingham, WA
OCTOBER 2012
Juried Artist Series
The Long and Short of It
Allied Arts of Whatcom County
October 5 - October 27, moving to the Hotel Bellwether through the end of November
NOVEMBER 2012
Invitational Exhibit, Maple Hall
ART'S ALIVE
LaConner, WA
November 2-4
DECEMBER 2012
Four Seasons: A Group ShowFountainhead Gallery, SeattleNovember 29 - December 16