By Sharon Ross
My current work is based on the portrait. I am exploring various techniques within portrait painting. I like to capture the moment of a particular time and place, so I use photographs of the subject in my research. I am interested in the technical accuracy of the portrait, as well as the different brush work used in oil painting. I am focusing my studies on friends and family members.
My Influences are Tai Shan Schierenberg, Lucien Freud, Charlotte Harris, and Simon Davies. Although I am interested in the technical accuracy of the painting, I am not necessarily striving for the photo realistic look of the painting; I admire artists such as Chuck Close, Andrew Tift, Paul Emsley and Craig Wylie who paint with such skill, that I can only hope to dream to have a small part of their skill.
