JOAN SHARROCK ........... Artist - Wildlife Painter
JOAN SHARROCK ........... Artist - Wildlife Painter
Number 6 - Winter 1997/98
THE ARTISTS MAGAZINE - 1997 Art Competition
Over 10,000 entrants competed in 4 categories. Joan Sharrock's painting "Zebras Drinking" placed her in the top 50 finalists in the Animal Art Division.CHRISTIE'S sold Joan Sharrock's paintings at their WILDLIFE ART AUCTION on June 5th 1997 in LONDON, ENGLAND. "The Gathering Storm" a painting of a tiger chasing peacocks sold for £4,840 sterling - approximately $10,700 Canadian.
Painting: "Zebras Drinking" 22x 28 ins. oil © JOAN SHARROCK sold at Christie's.PUBLICATIONS:
Two lavishly illustrated coffee-table books just out include the work of Joan Sharrock: JEFFREY WHITING'S OWLS OF NORTH AMERICA Heliconia Press ISBN 1-896980-00-7 Page 51 "Perched in the Fir" Boreal Owl (18"x14" image size, painting available)
Perched in the Fir, oil 18 x14 ins.© JOAN SHARROCKTHE BEST OF WILDLIFE ART Edited by Rachel Rubin Wolf North Light Books ISBN 0-89134-743-7 Pages 64 & 65 "The Gathering Storm" together with a black and white sketch of a tiger (which later became the basis for the painting "Splash".
Painting: "The Gathering Storm" diptych, 20 x 30 ins. and 20 x 30 ins. oil, © JOAN SHARROCK (sold at Christie's)
WORK IN PROGRESS
Watercolour Pencils"I am having great fun with my new set of Derwent watercolour pencils."
Until recently most of my drawing was confined to preparatory sketches for my oil paintings. However, when I needed some small pieces in a hurry to take to a show, I hit on the idea of doing some colour pencil drawings.
They were a great success at the show and I was encouraged to indulge in a full set of 72 pencils and to investigate the properties of various coloured drawing papers. I also explored the options for framing works on paper. I am very pleased with the results.
Not only are these drawings very affordable to my collectors, but they are very satisfying for me to do. I have far more ideas and reference material than I can ever convert into oil paintings - as they take such a long time to complete. Drawings are much quicker.
I started with some small vertical drawings of my favourite tigers - then I did some lions and zebras and framed them in standard 14"x11" gold frames. Thus was born the "Big Cat Series" and the "Safari Series".
Then I turned to smaller subject matter and started the "Butterfly Series" which I frame in square 'shadowbox' frames and hang them from the corner to make a 'diamond shape'. They fool some people into thinking that they are real collected butterflies when they see them at an art show. I have to remind them that they are at an art show and not in a natural history museum!
Next I decided to do some seashells - two shells arranged vertically in each drawing on sand coloured paper. These are framed quite uniquely using embossed paper in with the matting.
Then I had this other idea......"
Joan
FRANKLIN MINT COLLECTOR PLATESThe Artist is currently working on a series of collector plates for THE FRANKLIN MINT featuring portraits of big cats. The first plate of a tiger has only been issued in Britain so far. Other subjects in the series will be: lion, leopard, jaguar, black leopard and cheetah.
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