Sharon Gottula
@sharongottulaart.bsky.social
Contemporary fine artist 🔥 encaustic, collage, and clay. Based near Seattle | forever telling stories in wax and fire. #encausticart #collageart #contemporaryart #mixedmediaart http://sharongottula.com
Mehb wants to come with me to Victoria Island for my encaustic training camp. Very soon, I'll be flying by sea plane to do a deep dive into creating new painting workshops. I'll be coming back with a few, nay zillion, new ideas to implement in the classrooms at Schack Fine Art Center and beyond.
I'm bringing The Count to WALKDONTRUN on September 19, 2026. Hand-sculpted ceramic monarch cocoons, I'll be joining an incredible community of artists, musicians, and creatives for a day that celebrates art, culture, and connection. Come find the cocoons. 🎟️ walkdontrun-sea.org #ArtIsTheMovement
Tell me... Why do we need Christmas in July when it starts in September anyway?
Come play with paper and wax and learn how you can enhance your current collage practice. We dye delicate paper, push our composition aesthetic, and learn how to work with encaustic. Join me July 12th 1-5pm Register here: www.schack.org/classes-work...
Looking for something fun to do on Saturday? Come visit the Summer Art Walk at Woodinville Square. 19 artists, live music, wine tasting, snacks, and an Artists in the Round challenge. Saturday, July 11 Noon to 4 PM Woodinville, WA
More good news from NYC! Arts funding always suffers during hard times, so this is truly welcome. hyperallergic.com/nyc-mayor-ma...
NYC Mayor Mamdani Approves Record $323M Funding for Culture
The overall city budget also establishes a "Cultural Stability Fund" for struggling arts organizations.
hyperallergic.com
Here is your reminder to frame up the silly little art you create not just the big important pieces. This little hand-colored print makes me smile. #miniprintmaking #akuainks #neocolorII
The ocean contains around one ton of plastic for every three tons of fish. By 2050, there will be more plastic than fish (by weight).- source Theworldcounts.com Diving with Detritus 10" x 8" Encaustic, Sashiko thread, Copper Ink on Encaustiflex Available for sale @schackartcenter
Art date with @chatterofcrows @schackartcenter. The Year in the Making Show showcases all the amazing work from the artists teaching at Schack. What a delight to meet my fellow encaustic sister @whitneybb.art who combines encaustic with indigo and resin. Check out the show. Or take a class!
Good news: Kenmore Art Show deadline extended to June 26, 11:59pm PT. The CaFÉ site goes offline June 23 — so don't wait on tech. Get your entries in early. Apply: artist.callforentry.org/festivals_un...
Some of my favorite work will be up at Shack Art Center in Everett, WA. Let's meet at the artist reception June 18th Details here: www.schack.org/years-in-the...
Evening studio shenanigans. Tetrapack printing with a tortilla press. I’ve got three drypoint sketches ready to go.
Heat up your summer with this beginning encaustic class at Schack Art Center in Everett WA. Join me June 21st and learn all the basics: fusing, layering, carving plus finishing tips. Register here. www.schack.org/classes-work...
While DC slashes school budgets, Connecticut just passed free breakfast for every student, cut sales tax on school supplies, added 500+ child care slots, and cut electricity rates 15%. This is what governing FOR people looks like. Every state. Do. This. 🔥#voterizer#Sheshed#minsky
My Mother's day treat? My husband scored us tickets to the Hilma af Klint show while we are here in Paris. Her work just takes my breath away especially her Paintings for the Temple series. Cheers to all my female artists out there creating And to all the mother's out there, Happy Mother's Day.
Inspired by the Adriatic ocean this watercolor takes the typical venetian breakfast to outer space. Cappuccino and Cornetto Other images: inspo and pigments used in this work. 5.9 x 8.3" @danielsmithwatercolor on Baohong Academy hot press.
I can’t take my encaustic on the road so I’m working with watercolors. OMG it’s like if you do something every day you get better!!! If only someone had mentioned this.😂 #watercolor #aquarella
Skipped the postcard shots. Having a month in Venice means I don't have to shoot what everyone else is shooting. So I wandered Burano looking for something that was actually interesting to me: Plant window displays
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Warming up the paintbrush for the Great Italian Adventure. Switching from wax and fire to water and pigment is not as big of an adjustment as you would think.
The Extinction Chandelier catching the last rays of the sun through the studio window. I'm excited to share that the chandelier will be part of Gallery B612's upcoming "Letters to Planet Earth" show. Don't forget to swing by for First Thursday to see this amazing exhibit.
New tools for the Italian project. Testing out the @lensbabyusa Sweet 22 on the Infrared camera. Love the pictorialist aesthetic, very Julia Margaret Cameron. I like how compact the lens is on my mirrorless Sony. #lensbabysweet22 #lifepixelinfrared #sonya7c
