About Sharon Wilson

Sharon Wilson is a Bermuda based artist whose work both captures and explores the beauty of the human spirit. Through her pastel creations, Sharon is able to express spirit on canvas by encapsulating the striking beauty of ordinary events.

Sharon completed her graduate and undergraduate studies at the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. Working exclusively with pastels for more than twenty years, Sharon has recently begun working in the 3000 year old medium of Encaustic art, involving painting with molten waxes.

She shares her gift and her passion for art with her students at the Sharon Wilson School of Art. Her work is on display in the Bermuda National Gallery as well as at the Sharon Wilson Gallery, which is opened to visitors and is located less than a 2 minute walk from Horseshoe Beach in Bermuda. Sharon lives and works in Bermuda with her daughter Whitney, and is the illustrator of three children`s books:

The Day Gogo Went to Vote by Elinor Sisulu, pub. Little, Brown, Freedom's Gifts written by Valerie Wesley published by Simon & Schuster was released in 1997. Her most recent book The Granddad Tree was released in March 2000 by Candlewick U.S. / Walker Books U.K.