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Profile:
Sharon Lee Staughton was born in 1956 and from a very early age was her grandfather's little helper in the workshop. Sharon's love for timber and art lead her in many directions. Starting with restoring antiques, boat building, designing and making furniture, timber sculptures and finally what you see today!
In 1984 Sharon purchased a block of land at Nicholson in east Gippsland (three and a half hours east of Melbourne). Sharon later purchased a 120 year old church which she had relocated to her block of land . The church was restored to complete her dream of opening an art gallery named "Green Gates", to house her works along with those of other local artists.
In 1995, while visiting a bird sanctuary on the ninety mile beach, Sharon contracted the mosquito borne diseases of "Ross River & Dengue Fever". As a result, causing Sharon limited use of her hands & failing eyesight which now mean't she had lost the ability to work with timber to the high standards she previously attained.
Sharon could not retain her previous artistic abilities and discovered another talent, being the sculptures now on display. The works are constructed using fencing wire, then bird wire to provide the sculpture's structural form. The bird wire was then filled with newspaper to hold the shape.
The sculptures were then covered in a blend of cement and sand. It took Sharon many years to perfect the formula of white cement and sand to get just the right consistency and colour (to achieve the desired affect). This in turn had a therapeutic effect. Using warm water enabled the further use of her hands, allowing her to continue to produce her sculptures.
Many sculptures where commissioned by a variety of prominent people from Australia as well as internationally.
One of Sharon's timber pieces is on permanent display and housed in the East Gippsland Art Gallery located in the city of Sale.
In 2005 Sharon won an award in the Nowa Nowa Nudes Competition. |
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Exhibition Details
On-going from
late 2007
Round About Thyme
74 Monbulk Rd Kallista, Vic 3791 Australia
(on the roundabout)
PH: (03) 9755 1945
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| In late 2005 Sharon was diagnosed with a fatal illness and lost her fight for life in july of 2007.
On Boxing day 2008 the family gathered at the steamer landing along the Gippsland lakes and in ceremonial fashion, incorporating local traditional Aboriginal beliefs, spread her ashes to the four winds of the lake as Sharon had wished in the event of her passing. |
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