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PLEASE NOTE

Blue Musings has morphed into an ongoing online exhibit as a result of covid-19.  I will post an installation when its complete and the paintings will be offered for sale.  All paintings which are available for purchase will be linked to a shopping cart category within this website.  Yes, you'll be able to view and purchase online. All sales will fund the continued exploration of the color blue which I set out to do at the beginning of 2020 before the world went wacky and it became dangerous to go to a gallery.

BLUE MUSINGS

A body of work inspired by writings, including poetry, on the color blue and artists/artworks which celebrate blue's chromatic values.

Each slideshow below is devoted to one exploration, for instance '16 shades of blue from thunderstorm to respite' holds within its making the words of Tori Amos, Rainer Richter, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Paul Cezanne, Siri Hustvedt and Sherwin-Williams paint colors.  One slide speaks to the sources (writings or poetry or artworks) and another slide shows the final paintings.  Hint, use the arrow.

16 SHADES OF BLUE

die blaue blume

NIGHT SEA

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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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