john sharman – painting from nature

JOHN SHARMAN PAINTING FROM NATURE7 MAY – 20 JUNE 2011

Born in Sydney in 1947, John Sharman’s interest, like most practising artists, began in childhood, pursuing drawing and painting and slowly developing his perceptions of what he was seeing. An opportunity in the Shoalhaven area in 1977 led to an association with an artist who introduced John to ‘en plein-air’ painting using the dark wash technique.

Sharman turned to full time professional art practice in 1980 after coming to grips with the technique, and he set about finding what nature had to offer, honing his perceptions and abilities to capture it in all its moods. He became part of a group of artists that included Robert Simpson, Doug, Casey and Ritchie Sealy, Robert Wilson, Warwick Fuller and Allan Fizzell.

Painting in a realist manner on the edge of impressionism, John strives to make every element an equally important part of the finished work. He is adamant that to successfully capture facets of nature it must be carried out ‘in’ nature, not in the studio. For him, ‘feeling’ is just as important as ‘seeing’.

In the past 27 years Sharman has earned many accolades, and his prolific success in Regional Art Awards finds his work in municipal, corporate and private collections in Australia and internationally. Among those awards are the Peter Stuyvesant Cultural Foundation Award (4 times), The Caltex Art Award (3 times), the Rothmans Foundation Award and the Junee Art Award on seven occasions.

John’s new exhibition continues his longtime multi-level affair with the Pacific Ocean and the meeting places between ocean, earth and sky. As an active surfer, he enjoys an innate knowledge and relationship with the coast, but also continues to make forays into regional hinterlands and the outback. A number of images in this exhibition are drawn from visits to such places as Broken Hill, Condoblin, Bugaldie and Jindabyne.

STAN D’ARGEAVEL MA (VISUAL ARTS) EXHIBITION COORDINATOR

JOHN SHARMAN PAINTING FROM NATURE

An exhibition by multi-award winning artist John Sharman. For Painting from Nature, John captures traditional realist images of the Australian ocean, earth and sky.

Exhibition Opening and meet John on Saturday 7th May, 2011 from 2pm

Exhibition runs until June 20.

1 – Morning Nth Broulee Beach, Oil on board, 41x51cm – $895

2 – Lilli Pilli Coast, Oil on board, 41x51cm – $895

3 – Cattle at Mogo, Oil on board, 41x51cm – $895

4 – Jindabyne Paddocks, Oil on board, 41x51cm – $895

5 – Sandmines Nth View, Oil on board, 41x51cm – $895

6 – Mosquito Bay Boat Ramp, Oil on board, 41x51cm – $895

7 – New Dunes Tomakin, Oil on board, 41x51cm – $895

8 – Big Surf Little Paddock, Oil on board, 51x41cm – $895

9 – Early Morning Island Dunes, Oil on board, 51x41cm – $895

10 – Surf Nun’s Beach Rosedale, Oil on board, 41x51cm – $895

11 – Beach Track Sth View Broulee, Oil on board, 41x51cm – $895

12 – Looking Nth, Sth Broulee, Oil on board, 31x61cm – $895

13 – The Lone Pinnacle Broken Hill, Oil on board, 31x61cm – $895

14 – Sandmines Sth View, Oil on board, 31x61cm – $895

15 – Guerilla Bay, Oil on board, 31x61cm – $895

16 – The Sleeping Hippo Bugaldie, Oil on board, 21x70cm – $825

17 – Mt Tilga Condoblin, Oil on board, 21x70cm – $825

18 – Jindabyne Sky, Oil on board, 51x31cm – $760

19 – Sth Rosedale View, Oil on board, 31x51cm – $760

20 – Melville Cove, Point Tomakin, Oil on board, 31x51cm – $760

21 – Late Afternoon Smuggler’s Cove, Oil on board, 46x31cm – $760

22 – Bleak Afternoon Jindabyne, Oil on board, 36x46cm – $760

23 – Sunset Broken Hill, Oil on board, 36x46cm – $760

24 – Grey Desert Sky Broken Hill, Oil on board, 36x46cm – $760

25 – Broulee Island, Oil on board, 36x46cm – $760

26 – Bugaldie Landscape, Oil on board, 41x41cm – $760

27 – The Warrambungles Bugaldie, Oil on board, 41x41cm – $760

28 – Barlings Beach Tomakin, Oil on board, 41x41cm – $760

29 – Rocks Tomakin Cove, Oil on board, 41x41cm – $760

30 – Pink Sunrise Guerilla Bay, Oil on board, 41x33cm – $660

31 – The Sandtrack Broulee, Oil on board, 41x33cm – $660

32 – Quiet View Tomakin, Oil on board, 33x41cm – $660

33 – Rocks on Rosedale Beach, Oil on board, 33x41cm – $660

34 – Headland & Island Rosedale, Oil on board, 20x61cm – $660

35 – Panorama Pretty Point, Oil on board, 20x61cm – $660

36 – Panorama Guerilla Bay, Oil on board, 25x51cm – $660

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© Bungendore Wood Works Gallery & John Sharman 2011