Quiet Divide
Sharon's abstract landscapes are a personal search for meditation, mystery and pause deeply hidden in nature. Paint strokes are energized as they travel over the composition: some
are quick bursts, while others build slowly to a rich intensity of
colour and form, orbiting a center in a mesmerizing dance, harmonious
yet wandering. And while BarrÕs paintings are abstract by definition,
they also draw on our recognition of familiar scenes: one sees a busy
promenade, a garden bouquet, a poem, and a musical score all at once on a
single canvas.