Meet the Members On Competition
Awards and Recognition
When Sharon enters the show she feels that it offers a gauge of how she is doing. When she doesn’t get in or doesn’t get a prize, she knows that it means she has to work harder. “Of course it’s disappointing when you don’t win but sometimes a piece that is rejected from one show is excepted in another and may even win an award. There is a certain subjectiveness from the judges that we have to take into account when we enter shows.”
Sharon’s work has won awards in both national and international juried exhibitions and is found in private and corporate collections in Canada, USA, France and the UK. She is a signature member of the Artists for Conservation and the Federation of Canadian Artists and a juried member of the Society of Animal Artists.
She has traveled extensively and her travels have influenced her work tremendously. She spent the winter in the Limoges area of France--considered to be the heart of pastels in Europe. Currently, she and her husband are building a straw bale house in British Columbia. Quite an undertaking!
Best Pastel: Mendocino Plein Air Paint-out 2017
When I asked her what she would love to tell her 20-year-old self she answered “Everyone tells you to wait. Sometimes you have to say, ‘I’m going to go for it” and then commit with everything you have.”
Aaron Schuerr Award: Pastels USA International juried exhibition, 2017 Winner: Quick draw, Mendocino Plein Air Paintout 2017 First Place: Animals & Wildlife Category, Pastel Journal’s International Pastel 100 Competition, 2016 Third Place: Animals & Wildlife Category, Pastel Journal’s International Pastel 100 Competition, 2015 Honourable Mentions: Animals & Wildlife Category, Pastel Journal’s International Pastel 100 Competition, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015
Pont de la Pier
On the Pilgrims Way by Sharon Bamber, 9x12
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