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I'm happy to do a commissioned painting (meaning a re-creation of one of my paintings )  of a size and palette that meets your needs.  Commissions will be priced at a markup to my current pricing structure.  Framing and Delivery are additional costs. 

The steps are
1) choose ONE of my paintings you'd like me to recreate.  Please note that the commissioned painting will be a close--but not exact--replication of the source painting.  
2) decide on a size (I suggest you tape it out. on your wall) 
3) I will duplicate the inspiration painting's palette unless given paint chips or fabric swatches for color matching
4) I will send a quote and purchase materials after payment of a non-refundable deposit of $500
5) In about 4 weeks I will send you images and video (or you can view in person) of the completed painting for approval.  There is no in process client feedback because this is a re-creation of an existing painting.  The commissioned painting may differ slightly from the source painting and I suggest that a bit by bit comparison not be made in the approval process.  Do you like the painting should be the approval criteria.
6) when painting is approved I'll varnish and frame (if desired) after the balance is paid

7) if painting is to be shipped or couriered, payment must be made for shipping charges before the painting leaves the studio
8) if for some reason the painting is not approved, I'll keep the $500 deposit and painting and sell at my discretion. Final payment will not be required if you don't approve the final painting.

9) all sales are final.  Painting cannot be returned.

 

If you'd like to meet up or have a phone conference regarding a commission, please email me.

studio/gallery

open by appointment only

please call / text

360-739-2474 or

email sharonkingston@me.com

ALL SALES FINAL.

NO REFUNDS or EXCHANGES ON ORIGINAL PAINTINGS  and FRAMES.

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Source and technique have melded in my paintings in such a way that poetry, nature, color, light, mood and atmosphere are at one with my method of layering oil on canvas.  Void of visible brush stokes and seemingly lit from within, I have spent my career mastering my method and using the outer world as a shoreline to our inner longings.  My paintings, often paired with poetry that I am contemporaneously reading, offer an opening to the contemplation that accompanies those moments in nature where melancholic beauty quiets us.  Mimicry of an objective nature is less the goal than evoking the mood and atmospheres of our existence.  

In my recent paintings the sea and sky have taken on a larger and more energetic role, giving me the space to explore a loose yet structured mark making—just as the sea and sky themselves are both chaos and order.  I find inspiration in scrims; the veil of fog, the glare of sunlight on water, the quieting as night approaches and everything is reduced to shadow and light, the revealing of a well of color at dawn and the heaviness and energy of a storm.

I live in Bellingham and have a storefront studio in the downtown area.  I have been exhibiting my work professionally for the past 20 years.  My paintings are held in collections throughout the US, Canada, Europe and Australia.

I have exhibited my work extensively in galleries and curated shows since 2008. I currently show my work at my storefront studio only--by choice-- and have no gallery affiliation at this time.  

Make an appointment to view paintings by sending an email here.

SHARON KINGSTON STUDIO

203 PROSPECT ST

Bellingham WA  98225

studio gallery 
open by appointment

please send me a text with the
day and time you'd like to come by.
360-739-2474

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