02/12/2025
𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗦𝘂𝗮𝗻 𝗞𝗼𝘄 is a Penang-based artist whose practice over the past decade has been devoted to the meticulous art of coloured pencil drawing. Since beginning her professional pursuit of the medium in 2013, Sharon has gravitated towards Realism, producing works that capture the subtle textures, tonal values, and delicate nuances of everyday objects. Through her detailed and hyperrealistic approach, she articulates the ordinary into vessels of memory, emotion, and reflection, as a means to experience familiarities in a new, intimate lens.
For Sharon, the act of creating art is a meditative process. It allows her to enter a state of deep focus, where the mind quiets and the hand moves intuitively, a process she describes as ‘feeling’ rather than simply ‘seeing.’ Her choice of commonplace subjects, particularly childhood objects, becomes a metaphorical exploration of the dialogue between logic and emotion, memory and experience, revealing how ordinary things quietly shape human lives and the stories we carry forward.
Working in coloured pencil demands patience, precision, and an intimate understanding of the medium. Sharon’s mastery allows her to achieve levels of depth, realism, and emotional resonance comparable to other established artistic media. A Signature Member of the Colored Pencil Society of America (CPSA) since 2016, her work has been featured in numerous international publications and exhibited widely both locally and abroad, earning recognition for its technical skill, meditative quality, and evocative power.
Website:
https://sharonsskow.com/
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