We were once again thrilled to have Sharon Bower join us in the shop this evening with her gorgeous and vibrant watercolours. It is completely fascinating to listen to Sharon describe the various techniques she uses to create her work. Her barn series particularly interested me... she brushes or rolls colours on to the page and allows the paints to run and move of their own will. After determining which orientation of the page she's going to use she then uses the coloured spaces as a backdrop for the barn that she paints on the top. That is only one of the many techniques she uses and it was really wonderful to see a small glimpse into the talent that is required to become proficient in this medium. Her colour palette emphasizes hues of greens, oranges, and reds and fits into our space beautifully.
We took the opportunity to display some bridal work we had had photographed by Bob House earlier that day and were pleased to give away all 4 bouquets to randomly drawn visitors we had throughout the evening.
Mike Malachowski and Sherri McKinney dropped in and were familiar with Sharon's work through a painting of hers in the family cottage and Mike was gracious enough to share with me this photograph he took that evening (we didn't plan on being arranged according to height!)
from left: Sherri Mckinney, Sharon Bower, Rebecca Burlington
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