Note that this current iteration of my blog is a mashup of very new posts and quite old writings.  I'm working to update this space with more recent thoughts about my works over the past couple of years. I'm also so happy that I was finally able to migrate over an old blogspot site from my very early days of painting (c. 2010-2014) and have all my writings in one place.  

    SHARON KINGSTON

     

     

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    360-739-2474 or

    email sharonkingston@me.com

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    SHARON KINGSTON STUDIO

    203 PROSPECT ST

    Bellingham WA  98225

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    Sharon Kingston is a Northwest WA oil painter who uses the properties of her medium to create 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.