Blooming Pink Amaryllis Bulb by Sharles

Sharles

Artist Statement of Work:

Flowers and small wildlife have been the inspiration of all my art, paintings and sculpture.  This life long fascination with colorful gardens and flowers began with playing in my grandmother’s extensive gardens.  Helping with the garden was not work, but enjoyable childhood experiences that most of my collectors can easily relate to with similar memories.

I was totally fascinated by the brilliant colors, shapes, forms and the changing season.  The colors in particular have been a major influence as both my painting and bronze art is known for the use of lots of color.

The dramatic, oversized, magnificent flowers of Amaryllis bulbs that looked like escapes from a magical fairy tale garden easily caught my attention, imagination and passion.  These unusual tropical flowers have had the same effect on the public ever since their introduction to appreciative Victorian flower collectors.

This fascination and sometimes obsession with these wonderful flowers continues unabated to this day, providing inspiration for artists, gardeners and collectors everywhere.

Artist Bio:

Sharles is an established, nationally known sculptor-painter in the United States.  His art has been shown and exhibited in numerous fine art galleries from coast to coast with collectors also in Europe and Asia.  His botanical art is in museums, botanical gardens and many public art collections.  His art work has been published, and editorialized in “Wildlife Art”, “Art of the West”, “Southwest Art” publications.

His very extensive art portfolio is widely known for the use of color and functional, decorative sculptures such as bronze floral motif vases, candlesticks, bowls, sculptures, book ends and bas reliefs.  His oil paintings and public art are easily recognized much by the love of saturated colors, decorative designs and floral motifs.