About Sharon Matchett

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I'm a retired, classically trained singer (and frustrated flautist) who has discovered another voice within which I now express through the medium of watercolors. Although the art of painting is something completely new to me (I am self taught), the language has turned out to be very familiar. As with singing an aria beautifully, expressing myself in a beautiful and meaningful way in watercolors involves excellent timing, rhythm, tempo, coloration, and artistry. For me, painting with watercolors is like music flowing from my brush. It fulfills that deepest need which I believe lies within us all, the need to feel connected. As I paint I am immersed in and connected to my subject. I become my most creative self, and, in those moments, I feel I am at one with the universe - a marvelous feeling for sure! If what I paint somehow connects with the viewer .... what more could an artist wish for?

Friday, February 13, 2015

Me and Jack The Poet


Thought I'd share this picture taken of me and Jack Burkheimer, The Poet, taken September of 2014 when he shared his poem with the congregation of the UUCC, Columbia SC.  He walked in the door.  I looked at him and thought, "I KNOW that man.  Who is he?"  All of a sudden it dawned on me that I'd spent more than a few days looking into his eyes as I painted his portrait.  I walked up to him and said, "You're Jack, and I did a watercolor painting of you!"  Not the best way to introduce yourself, but I was excited to meet him.  I showed him the painting on my iPhone and his eyes welled up and he was obviously quite touched and flattered.  At the time I did the painting I had hopes of somehow turning paintings connected with the homeless in Columbia into fund raisers for Food Not Bombs and the like.  I just didn't know how to go about doing it.  Maybe some day.
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