Sharon Morgio
C W O S ARTIST
Other media: Paint, Mixed media, Drawing
Tags : landscape, figures, birds, nature, impressionist
Erector Square, Building 7, second floor
315 Peck Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Phone: 203-494-2316
Email: gmsm (at) sbcglobal (dot) net
Website: http://sharonrmorgio.weebly.com
Artist Statement
I am a painter and calligrapher who has become immersed in painting watercolors since 2006. I enjoy the fluidity and layering possibilities of the medium. Subject matter includes both natural and man-made themes, from birds, plants, people and landscapes to rusty metal and industrial junk, positioned on the surface so as to draw the viewer into the painting, often including only a portion of the subject.
For me, a painting is an adventure. I enjoy the opportunity for discoveries & personal growth that comes with each new work. It is my hope that others might see things in different ways after viewing my paintings, and that they feel an emotional connection to each piece.
Recently I have focused on birds as one subject of my paintings. Their actions & antics always delight and inspire me to capture them with brush and paint. Although they act on instinct, somehow they seem almost human in their behavior. I view them as symbols of hope in a rather daunting and uncertain world.
Selected Works
|  Nature's Barcode II - 2011 - Watercolor - 21" X 23"  Heading South - 2009 - watercolor - 11"w x 15"h  Lone Bluebird - 2009 - watercolor - 9 w x 9 h  Cardinal Brothers - 2009 - watercolor - 8"w x 10"h  Billboard on York - 2010 - watercolor - 17"w x 21"h  Life Cycle - 2011 - Watercolor - 14" x 17"  Three plus One - 2011 - Watercolor - 9" x 13"  Reflections - 2011 - Watercolor - 26" x 17"  Afternoon Poppies - 2011 - Watercolor - 27" x 20" |
Artist Bio
BIO
-BFA in Art Ed and Painting, 1973, Hartford Art School
-Taught Elementary Art in the North Branford School System
-Graduate studies at Southern CT State University
-Studied calligraphy and watercolor painting at Creative Arts Workshop
-Taught for North Haven Adult Ed, Amity Adult Ed,
Guilford Handcraft Center and Branford Summer Studies children's art program
-Studied calligraphy with Arthur Baker, Philip Bouwsma, Pamela LaRegina, Gottfried Pott and numerous others.
-Worked as a freelance calligrapher doing business as Goosefeather Graphics
-Designed over 50 greeting cards for the former Recycled Paper Products Card Company
-Exhibits throughout Connecticut
-Member of the Calligraphers' Guild of New Haven, Hamden Art League, Arts Council of Greater New Haven, New Haven Paint & Clay Club and Connecticut Watercolor Society
-Member of Elm City Artists, LLC, a cooperative art gallery in New Haven, CT
EXHIBITIONS:
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
CT Audubon Society
Juried Benefit Show & Sale
Fairfield, CT
Sept. 2011
Palette
Arts Council of Greater New Haven
members show
Sumner McNight Crosby Jr. Gallery
New Haven
July-Sept. 2011
Oil and Water
Exhibit at 300 George St.
with Susan Nally
New Haven, CT
July-Aug.2011
Three Artists Exhibit
Davis Gallery
Orange, CT
Jan.-Feb. 2011
Small Works Show
Milford Fine Arts Council
Firehouse Art Gallery, Milford
Nov.-Dec. 2010
Festival Exhibit
At Artspace, New Haven, CT
For City Wide Open Studios artists
September-October, 2010
Save the Planet
Milford Fine Arts Council
Firehouse Art Gallery, Milford
May 2010
Birds
Milford Fine Arts Council
Firehouse Art Gallery, Milford
April 2010
City Wide Open Studios
2005, 2009, 2010
Index II Exhibition
At Artspace in conjunction with Open Studios
August 2009
Connecticut Watercolor Society Exhibitions
Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Spring 2009, Fall 2008, Spring 2008, Fall 2007,
Spring 2007, Fall 2005
Hamden Art League Silverbells and Goldenbells Exhibitions, semi-annual
2006 - 2011
Madison Art Society Annual Juried Exhibition
May 2006, 2009
A Sense of Place
Sylvan Gallery Juried Exhibition
Sylvan Gallery, Clinton, CT
June 2008
New Haven Paint & Clay Club 107th & 110th Annual Juried Art Exhibition
John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT
March 2008, 2011
Inclusion
Arts Council of Greater New Haven Members Show,
July/August 2007
Responding to our World
Guilford Art Center's Third Juried International Exhibition of Letter Arts
June - August 2007
Chester Gallery Postcard Show
Chester Gallery, October – December, 2007
Creative Arts Workshop Student Exhibitions
2006, 2007
Three Viewpoints
Case Memorial Library, Orange, CT
September 2007
Painting with Letters
Exhibition by Calligraphers' Guild of New Haven, Café George, New Haven, CT
October 2006
Beauty by Hand and Eye
Exhibition by Calligraphers' Guild of New Haven, Case Memorial Library, Orange, CT
January 2006
Nature Imagined
Pacific Street Gallery, New London, CT
May - June 2005
Celebrating Connecticut Calligraphy, Traveling Exhibition of Calligraphy at several CT libraries,
1999 – 2000
Writing Beyond Words
International Juried Lettering and Books of Letters
Exhibit, Guilford Art Center
Summer 1999
Annual Exhibitions by the Calligraphers' Guild of New Haven, 1978 – 2000
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
Art in the Hallway
300 George Street, New Haven, July - August 2007
Perceptions
Cheshire Library, Cheshire, CT, December 2006
AWARDS
CT Watercolor Society Award
71st Annual Exhibition
June 2011
First Place
Small Works Show
Milford Fine Arts Council
Firehouse Art Gallery
Dec. 2010
First Place
Save the Planet
Milford Fine Arts Council
Firehouse Art Gallery
May 2010
Best in Show
Hamden Art League Silverbells Exhibition
December 2009
Various Awards
Hamden Art League Exhibitions
2006-2009, 2011
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