It’s been a while since I took the time to write here, and I have things to catch you up on! What have I’ve been doing for the past nine months? So much… especially on the art front. I’ve been in two different art shows with an exciting group of artists called the 50+ Artist’s Community... meaning everyone in the group is over 50 years old.
I was also a participant in a show at
Read MoreI have been asked recently about one of the pieces I painted for the CCL show. It’s the one that’s 14 inches wide and 60 inches long and is entitled ‘Light Shot with Birds’. The poem by Betty Adcock is entitled Topsail Island and the line is “For now, the island’s mine, talking a cold tongue blue, the light shot with birds.” Don’t you just love that poetry line? I would love to create a whole series of paintings just using that one line; to me it’s so extraordinary.
So I decided I would write about and show you how that painting came into being, once I had
Read MoreIt seems we have some catching up to do! The last time I blogged was last summer. Even after several of you asked me if you had been dropped from my blog list, I wasn’t motivated to write. So let me tell you a little story.
In April 2017, Kathy Brusnighan asked me if I would like to be a part of a show Laura Gibson, art curator at the Center for Creative Leadership, was putting together for January 2019. Of course I said, “Yes”. Little did I know how important that opportunity was going to be for me in the future.
In September 2017 I had a health crisis…
Read MoreIt all started three years ago at a music event. My friends, Melody Watson and Kris Ferris were producing musical events in the area at the time. They would bring guest artists to various venues around the city for a fabulous evening of music.
I was asked to run the green room for a show featuring an up-and-coming artist they were hosting. Of course I'd never done something like that before, and had always wondered what really goes on in a ‘green room’ like I see on CBS news.....
Read MoreThis is the Fine Art website of Greensboro, NC painter, Phyllis Sharpe. She paints primarily in oils, though sometimes works in watercolor, as well. The artist maintains a studio at Revolution Mill in "Suite Art 144" and her artwork is for sale in her studio by appointment and through the galleries where she shows. You may also contact her through this website to request purchase information for any of the available paintings seen here.
abstract • cityscape & architectural • landscape • flora & fauna • paintings of people • waterscape • small paintings
This is the Fine Art website of Greensboro, NC painter, Phyllis Sharpe. She paints primarily in oils, though sometimes works in watermedia as well.
The artist maintains a studio in her home and Sternberger Artists Center at 712 Summit Ave and accepts appointments. Her work can also be seen through the galleries that represent her. You may contact her through this website to request purchase information for any available painting.
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