March 20, 2025. The first day of Spring, the Vernal Equinox when as Algernon Charles Swinburne observed "blossom by blossom, the Spring begins". One cannot help but enjoy with a lightness of being the first signs of spring. I look forward each March to daffodill stems in the local stores and bring them home where they are bright dashes of sunlight in colored and clear glasses in my kitchen. It is practically a yearly ritual — to enjoy seeing them and sometimes to paint them.

Art Center Manatee, Bradenton, Florida
Through April 4, 2025
Florida Suncoast Watercolor Society Annual Aqueous Exhibition

My painting March 2023 Harbingers is included in this exhibition. I think of daffodils as Harbingers — heralding spring and this painting of daffodil stems is of the the time, moments before opening when “. . . then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils.”

March 2023, Harbingers | watercolor | 11 x 15
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Through March 23, 2025
California Watercolor Association
Piedmont Center for the Arts, California

My watercolor painting, Charita and Gatita, was selected for the 55th International Exhibition of the California Watercolor Association. It pictures a shared moment between a woman her her orange cat and references a favorite artist, Cecilia Beaux. As Albert Einstein said “I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.”

Click here to view exhibition.

Charita and Gatita | watercolor | 13 x 12

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2024
Monotypes

In the summer of 2024 I spent time in Aix-en-Provence as Artist-in-Residence at the Leo Marchutz School of Painting and Drawing. While I was there I painted some plates for Watercolor Monotypes to be handprinted when I was back home. I was pleased with the results — always, at least for me unknown and even unexpected — exciting. Two of them were juried into shows, Moi Dans L'Atelier in the Maryland Federation of Art, "Small Wonders" 2024 exhibition and Miroir D'Atelier in the Salmagundi Club "Unique Impressions" exhibition focusing on the Monotype.

Moi Dans L'Atelier | handprinted watercolor monotype | 11 x 9

Miroir D'Atelier | handprinted watercolor monotype | 15 x 12

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Nottingham Fine Art Gallery (California) . . .
You can also see some of my work in Newport Beach, California where Nottingham Fine Art Gallery continues to display a selection of my pieces, both framed and unframed, in their always welcoming location. La Nave Verde is one of the pieces you'll find there.

La Nave Verde | watercolor | 12 x 19

Nottingham Fine Framing and Design
3920 Birch St., Suite 102
Newport Beach, California 92660
949-833-1770 | info@nottinghamframing.com
Monday – Friday 9 am – 5 pm

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Harbingers (2025) | watercolor | 11 x 15

The first bud of spring sings the other seeds into joining her uprising. — Amanda Gorman

Wishing us freedoms and a flower and bravely singing truths. . . .

Sharon

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“Cards and prints on Etsy — a selection of limited edition prints and cards reproduced from my original paintings, both all-occasion and holiday themes.

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