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Irregular Stripes Oil on panel • 27" x 22"

Adolescent Breakfast Bowl Oil on canvas • 35" x 27"

Red Skirt Oil on canvas • 31 1/4" x 23 1/4"

Yellow Couch Oil on canvas • 15 3/4" x 32 1/2"

Laura and the World Oil on panel • 17" x 19"

Secret Box Oil on panel • 27 1/2" x 19 1/2"

Gauze Curtain Oil on panel • 30" x 23"

Mary's Kitchen Oil on panel • 24 1/2" x 15 1/2"

Figure in a Grid Oil on panel • 30" x 20"

Sharon Weis received her Bachelor of Fine Art degree with a concentration in painting from the University of Louisville in 1999. After graduation she began to teach art to both adults and children in various venues. The 2003-2004 school year will mark her third year teaching middle and high school art at Walden School in Louisville. Weekends and summers are spent in her studio. Sharon has exhibited her art in regional, national and international shows, and has won several awards for her work, including the Al Smith Artists Professional Assistance Award from the Kentucky Arts Council.

Artist's Statement

"Real life does not have the intensity of art." - Joyce Carol Oates

For the most part, I am drawn to painting women in their own environment. It is interesting to me to see how women relate to the living space they have created for themselves, where and how they sit, eat, turn, reach, read. Also, I simply love to place the organic figure within the geometry of a room containing furniture because of the contrast of forms which are created. I do try to think beyond portraiture, beyond painting the moment, to capture a bit of the universal in my figurative work.

Sharon Weis, 2007