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Something Blue, Something New

  • Writer: sharonkingston
    sharonkingston
  • Oct 5, 2011
  • 1 min read

Elemental, 4 18×18 in, oil on canvas

I recently took a full-time position in Marketing, which means that my studio time has been greatly diminished.  However, this past weekend I spent the entirety of Saturday and Sunday manning my studio for the Whatcom Artist Studio Tour and found time between visitors to layin a bit of paint on canvas.  This initial layer is by far one of my favorite stages in the process of painting.  The idea that someone could walk in the studio any minute kept the process fast and loose and just elemental.  Like a rubbing.  I want to maintain their monochromatic nature and without sacrificing the rawness, bring a richness and depth to them.  Can’t wait to spend the second weekend of the tour in the studio again so that I can contemplate the next step.  It is quite fantastic to not know where I’m going.

Studio Tour was a resounding success.  Great visits with art lovers and 6 paintings went to new homes. It was a grey weekend and the yellow was a big hit!

To Come Again into Its Strength, 36 x 36 in oil on canvas, SOLD

Beckoning IV, 12 x 12 in, SOLD

Beckoning III, 12 x 12 in, SOLD

Beckoning II, 12 x 12 in, SOLD

Beckoning I, 12 x 12 in, SOLD

 
 
 

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    Sharon Kingston is a Bellingham WA (Washington) based artist.  As an oil painter she 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.

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    People describe her paintings as ethereal, atmospheric, contemplative, PNW inspired, and filled with light and mood.  She has a storefront art studio in downtown Bellingham and welcomes you view her paintings in person.

    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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