Artist Information:
Sheree Harrison
Fish Hoek,
South Africa
Member Since: Jul 2007
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Artist Statement:
You know how sometimes you see
through something.
It may be something familiar,
you’ve never really seen. Or a
composite of images that,
pulled together, creates a
whole. It’s the moment of
deciphering the geometry in
the mosaic on the cathedral
ceiling. So obvious – as if it
was always there.
The painter does not work in
the moment; it’s not an
instant medium. But it is the
job of the painter to create
the moment, to see through it,
to pull the fragments together
to reflect the whole.
The archive of experiences
that, together, inform my
brush, are as varied as South
Africa, itself.
Impressionist prints in the
living room, bare-foot lessons
in clay ox making under a
Transkei tree; to town for
formal studies in fine art; to
inner-city Johannesburg. A
musician on the road with a
band, playing, watching,
sketching, storing. Moments.
Industrial art, film industry,
alternative healing, love,
motherhood, elation,
satisfaction, depression. A
home by the sea. Painting.
“I always felt the need to
create, the simplicity of
line, colour and form or the
expression of an aspect of
life.
“I am a South African,
inspired by the starkly
different landscapes against
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Sheree Harrison's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Sheree Harrison's Portfolio. Browse Harrison's body of work: You know how sometimes you see through something.
It may be something familiar, you’ve never really seen. Or a composite of images that, pulled together, creates a whole. It’s the moment of deciphering the geometry in the mosaic on the cathedral ceiling. So obvious – as if it was always there.
The painter does not work in the moment; it’s not an instant medium. But it is the job of the painter to create the moment, to see through it, to pull the fragments together to reflect the whole.
The archive of experiences that, together, inform my brush, ... |
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Family Tree, 2006
Acrylic Painting,
60 x 91 X 4 cm
Price: US$ 1200
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Icon, Mother and Child, 2006
Oil Painting,
70 x 90 X 2 cm
Price: US$ 1800
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Silvermine, 2007
Mixed Media,
80 x 60 X 2 cm
Price: US$ 1200
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Silvermine Through Restios, Triptych, 2007
Acrylic Painting,
90 x 30 X 4 cm
Price: US$ 650
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