Growing up, Sharon watched her Dad and Grandmother enjoy drawing and painting. Landscapes seen while out on a drive were sketched on paper to be painted later at home. Nature was their favorite source of inspiration. No camera involved, instant recall could be summoned as a tool for their creative expression. This skill was second nature to them. They had cultivated photographic memory. She was being trained to do the same.

Sharon and her father would walk in the back yard to explore the simple beauty. He'd pick a leaf, sprig, vegetable, or flower and bring it in to the kitchen table so they could draw it. It taught her to really see and appreciate tiny details. She found the idea of drawing and coloring the things she saw in life fascinating.

After high school, Sharon studied fashion illustration and textile design at Bauder Fashion Institute in Miami, FL. After graduation, she worked as a textile designer at Mohasco Carpet Mills in Amsterdam, NY. She painted patterns on loom size graph paper and learned how to precisely mix pigments to match yarn tufts. When the company relocated, she began working locally as a graphic artist creating technical drawings for General Electric trade publications.

Through a friend, Sharon was introduced to kiln-fired arts. For her, the attraction was to the watercolor translucency of paints and potential for exquisite detail. Once she saw the results of paintings fired deep into porcelain beneath a glossy glazed finish, she was hooked.

Sharon joined the World Organization of China Painters (WOCP) in order to learn about kiln-fired arts. She began attending yearly porcelain painting seminars at the Professional Porcelain Artists Association (PPAA) and very quickly became an award winning and internationally recognized artist. For three years she served as director of the PPAA New York School.

Sharon also served as president of the local chapter of WOCP, Adirondack Porcelain Artists. She has been featured multiple times on the cover of WOCP magazine and has written many articles for this and other trade publications. She has numerous pieces on permanent display at the WOCP Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Sharon is certified with IPAT (International Porcelain Artists and Teachers Association) as an artist and instructor and has been teaching others these ancient techniques since the early Nineties. She specializes in teaching luster and clear glass techniques and has been invited to lecture and teach her style internationally. She has toured porcelain factories and museums around the world. In Germany, she painted with the designers at the Reichenbach Porcelain factory, where a piece of her work was on exhibit. In Japan, she was invited to teach a workshop in Tokyo featuring Iris painting techniques. She has also toured the Czech crystal and glass Museum in Prague. Her Luster, Enamel, and Painted Glass Designs were published in International Porcelain Artists and Teachers (IPAT) magazine (July/August/September 2008).

Sharon's work was published in Fabulous Floors Magazine (Winter 2008 No. 16 pg. 59-60) featuring Peter Belmonte's House on Saratoga Lake, in Porcelain Artist Magazine (Vol. 48 No. 3 Jul/Aug/Sept 2008 pg. 62-64), in the Schenectady Gazette (2007 "Fired Up" Arts and Living section), Capitol Region Building Magazine (July/August 2005 pg. 14-20) featuring Saratoga Design Builder, Witt Construction, and Porcelain Artist Magazine (Vol. 53 No.4 Oct/Nov/Dec 2013 pg. 56-60). Her work is featured in a tile installation at Best Tile Distributors in Schenectady, NY as well as on their website BestTile.com (photo is fourth row down, on the right).

Recently, Sharon won the 2010 Peoples Choice Award for painted glass at the WOCP New York State Convention and the 2011 Arkell Museum Award for mixed media in their juried show. In July of 2012, she was a Featured Artist at the Northville Fine Art Show in Northville, NY.

Sharon continues to be highly respected and is sought after internationally as an artist, writer, and instructor.