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Number 8 - Winter 1999-2000
HOME TOWN HAS NAMESAKE STREET
“Last May I went to visit my sister in England. One day we were out shopping in Southport, which is the town where I was born, when I spotted this street sign: - SHARROCK STREET - right in the center of town. Funny thing is, although I remember the little street, because it was next to a coffee bar which I frequented when I was a teenager, I don’t remember the name. Perhaps they only recently got around to naming it “SHARROCK STREET” after our family!
Publications
Rockport Publications of Massachusetts have a new art book out entitled: “Wildlife Art” edited by Alan Singer who selected Joan’s painting “Damaraland Zebras” for the book.
ISBN 1-56496-474-4
8 ½ x 11
144 pages
250 colour images
$29.99(US)
Painting: "Damaraland Zebras" 20 x30 ins. oil. © JOAN SHARROCK Collection of Mr. C. Dunn, Richmond, BC.
Art Impressions magazine picked up Joan’s story about being On safari in Florida, (which appeared in the last issue of Tales) and reproduced it in their Summer 1999 issue.
Island Art Publishers of Vancouver Island are using several of Joan Sharrock’s paintings for a new line of cards called Expressions Greetings. Her shells, flowers, zebras and a tigers now appear on cards. As well, the Expressions Greetings logo on the back of the cards features one of her butterfly drawings.
ENCOUNTERS WITH TIGERS Often I am asked: ‘Where do you get the ideas for your paintings from?’ and ‘Do you paint from memory?’ My stock answer to the latter is: ‘Would you like your portrait done from memory?’Obviously I need good reference material to paint realism and details and I’ve had some interesting experiences taking my own photographs. Back in December 1980 I decided to do a painting of a tiger for my living room wall so I went to the London Zoo where I knew they had tigers. Well, I got enough ideas that day that even now I can still find material for paintings. It was a very cold day, as I recall, and after an hour or so with the four Sumatran tigers I ran out of film and had to go to the gift shop to buy more. When I got back to the tiger enclosure the male tiger started prowling about menacingly. Apparently I had outstayed my welcome. I had put my camera up against the large plate glass window and was looking into the enclosure when the male tiger charged at me. He launched into the air and hit the glass inches from my nose! Alas, this was before the days of motor-drives and auto-focus lenses but I do have a shot of him just before he leapt at me and another of the smear on the glass!
.............Joan
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