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"I feel I am so fortunate to do everyday what I love - to paint, work on my stained glass windows and in my garden! I am never at a loss for ideas - just enough hours in the day to complete them all. Everyone sooner or later, gravitates towards a favorite subject in their art. I absolutely love portraiture and figurative paintings - they are my first love."

Sharon Bass was born in Jacksonville, FL and raised all around the world. She has had a passion for drawing since childhood. As a young girl she would spend hours sketching, but because of her family’s constant traveling, she was never able to take art lessons. In later years, although she pursued careers as a wife and mother and spent 30 years in the military, she never lost her dream to be an artist.

In 1991, after returning from the first Persian Gulf War, she promised herself that she would learn to oil paint. She spent a couple of years teaching herself out of books, but then the demands of a military career interrupted her time to spend on artwork again.

Her art "education" goes back to mid 2004 when, after she retired, it was suggested that she take an oil painting class at the local community center. It didn’t take her long to rediscover her love of art. Her first medium was oil, but she later started to experiment with pastels in her weekly art classes with teacher Peggy Harmon. This introduction turned into a love of this medium. She now enjoys working in both oil and pastels.

In every new work she strives to see improvement and to perfect her skill in capturing the realism of both mediums.

Sharon is a member of the South Mississippi Art Association and the Alabama Pastel Society.

Sharon currently resides in York, AL with her husband and four Yorkshire Terriers. Since retiring, Sharon has added a studio in her back yard. She loves to sit at her easel and paint or work on her stained glass windows.



			SHARON BASS "I feel I am so fortunate to do everyday what I love - to paint, work on my stained glass windows and in my garden! I am never at a loss for ideas - just enough hours in the day to complete them all. Everyone sooner or later, gravitates towards a favorite subject in their art. I absolutely love portraiture and figurative paintings - they are my first love." Sharon Bass was born in Jacksonville, FL and raised all around the world. She has had a passion for drawing since childhood. As a young girl she would spend hours sketching, but because of her family’s constant traveling, she was never able to take art lessons. In later years, although she pursued careers as a wife and mother and spent 30 years in the military, she never lost her dream to be an artist. In 1991, after returning from the first Persian Gulf War, she promised herself that she would learn to oil paint. She spent a couple of years teaching herself out of books, but then the demands of a military career interrupted her time to spend on artwork again. Her art "education" goes back to mid 2004 when, after she retired, it was suggested that she take an oil painting class at the local community center. It didn’t take her long to rediscover her love of art. Her first medium was oil, but she later started to experiment with pastels in her weekly art classes with teacher Peggy Harmon. This introduction turned into a love of this medium. She now enjoys working in both oil and pastels. In every new work she strives to see improvement and to perfect her skill in capturing the realism of both mediums. Sharon is a member of the South Mississippi Art Association and the Alabama Pastel Society. Sharon currently resides in York, AL with her husband and four Yorkshire Terriers. Since retiring, Sharon has added a studio in her back yard. She loves to sit at her easel and paint or work on her stained glass windows.

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