Sharon Estes
2D Instructor | Painting
Sharon Estes is a self-taught, emerging artist living in Rhode Island. She creates in two mediums -- hand-printed watercolor white line woodcuts, also known as Provincetown Prints; and acrylic paintings in a style she calls "Technicolor Realism," which uses bright, saturated color, depicting images in a way that they are representative of the object, just not in a traditional realist manner. Sharon lives in East Greenwich, RI with her cat, Ittybitty. Creativity has always been a part of Sharon's life, and in 2018, at the age of 57, she picked up a paint brush and never looked back.
Artist Statement
"The use of color in my paintings is of paramount importance to me. Through color I have sought to concentrate on beauty and happiness, rather than on man's inhumanity to man." - Alma Thomas
COLOR is the main element of my paintings - vibrant, cheerful, dynamic color. Vibrant red, dynamic orange, cheerful yellow, bright turquoise, and all the colors in between. I love them all!
My work is meant to provide a bright spot in the viewer's life -- to make them smile, bring them joy, inspire them. If I can touch a person's life in this way, I have fulfilled the goal and purpose of my work.
