C. Sharp

Medium: Painting (oil and watercolor)

Studio: C. Sharp Studio,
11647 73rd Place NE,
Email: christinesharp@mac.com

Website

Chicago native, C. (Christine) Sharp moved to Seattle in 1978 to complete her Master's Degree and teach at the University of Washington.

Sharp is a renaissance woman, having reinvented herself several times. “My friends say I am like a curious cat with many lives,” says Sharp. So far she’s thrived as a nurse/family therapist, college teacher/researcher, entrepreneur, documentary writer/producer, CNN news director/investigative reporter and now a respected fine artist.

Along the way, Sharp’s picked up some of the nation’s top awards for her writing and directing. In 1990 Sharp won the coveted Peabody Award and the Gold Medal in the New York Film Festival. Sharp was recruited by CNN to pioneer the rst Northwest News Desk. She investigated/directed news coverage of all the major stories of the 90’s...from Clinton, Gore, Dylan, Santana, and the Queen… to Harding, Simpson, Lewinsky and Unabomber. Sharp told the world the news of the day through her unique lens.

Following a brush with death from a misdiagnosed genetic blood clotting disorder, Sharp put down pen and camera and picked up the brush.

Sharp is now a fine artist, website designer, regular contributor to ARTIST MAGAZINE and founder of the annual Kirkland Artist Studio Tour, “I always loved to draw and paint but thought I’d wait until I was in the rocking chair to get serious about art. I’m so glad I started a bit earlier to pursue this path. No one knows how much time they have here!” says Sharp. Sharp lives and paints in her treehouse studio in Kirkland above Denny Park. Sharp is represented by numerous art galleries and her work hangs in private and corporate collections.