Come join us here at Studio Seven Arts for Weekend on Main, stroll down the main street, eat at our delicious restaurants, shop local and stop by at Studio Seven Arts and watch as artist demonstrate their work, some will also have new works for sale.

After retiring from a successful twenty year ownership of Commercial Interiorscapes, Sharon picked up an artist’s brush for the first time in 2004 during a break at a silent retreat. Through that experience which was “like a door opening into another world”, she was hooked on creating art. A person at the retreat told her of art classes just beginning for the spring semester at Diablo Valley College, the local junior college, so she enrolled in her first ever art class. The joy of mixing color and creating a piece of art was a gift to her soul. She continued to take many art classes through the local educational system, including Walnut Creek Civic Arts, Scottsdale Artists School, and many workshops with nationally recognized Plein Air artists including Kathleen Dunphy, Elizabeth Tolley, Brian Blood, Randall Sexton and Don Demers.

What she really enjoys about choosing the Plein Air type of art is that it gives the ability to travel and experience different areas, that one would not normally journey to for a day’s outing. “I love going out to the ocean, even if the weather isn’t the best, as it gives a ‘mood’ to the painting that you wouldn’t achieve in a studio painting”, she comments. Mountains, vineyards, seascapes are venues that she excels with. “Living in Contra Costa County is ideal, as is it just an hour’s drive or less to so many beautiful locations”.  She is always trying new and different approaches to her painting to keep it fresh and have an eye for something unusual to bring to her work.

Sharon continues to bring vibrancy to her work through her art connections and friends, membership in the Alamo Danville Art Society and Pleasanton Art League, and meeting other artists. “The world of art is so exciting to me. People in this field are so giving and responsive; it’s a wonderful chosen field of endeavor because of the people who are a part of it!”