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  • Writer: sharonkingston
    sharonkingston
  • Oct 9, 2011
  • 1 min read

My studio in the sun today, October 8

I do believe my studio received as many accolades as my work these past weekends during studio tour.  And I would have to agree.  It is the most fantastic place to paint with the most wonderful light.   My paintings and I thrive in this environment.

Today I decided to share this ultimate in artist’s studios with another artist.  I can only make it to the studio on the weekends–and maybe sneak in a night during the week–and I can’t see allowing this space to sit dormant for all those hours that I’m working elsewhere.  Of course my new studio mate and I will work out a schedule–I like to work alone and we’ll arrange hours to accommodate that.  Reducing both my expenses and my exhibit schedule will give me a sabbatical of sorts–time to reflect on what I’m creating and why without the pressure of sales.    I have another full day in the studio tomorrow to chat it up with visitors before embarking on my new shared environment.  So many good things have been happening lately.  I am full of gratitude.

For all of you that like peaking into creative spaces, this book by Joe Fig has brought me great pleasure and insight into other artists studios . 

 
 
 

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studio/gallery

open by appointment only

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360-739-2474 or

email sharonkingston@me.com

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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.  

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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.

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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.

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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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