Statement

My large acrylic paintings often start with a vague idea, charcoal lines, or quick brushstrokes. I've collected images that might become a piece of a painting or suggest a mood. The process is most often that of an expressionist. Smaller scale quick study figure paintings are a way to experiment with motion as they are completed in under an hour. The series Jars & Jugs was a way to use the same subject in multiple styles, all in black and white. The spontaneous and intuitive approach is also the way I work on six-foot canvases.

Bio

Originally from Chicago, Sheila's studio is now in the Bay Area. She studied painting and drawing at CA Arts & Crafts, large-scale printing at Berkeley City College, and digital art and photography (www.sheilawood-artist.com) at BCC and Marin colleges. Her paintings have been exhibited in West Coast galleries and at her East Bay Area Open Studio events.