Pacific Northwest native Sharon Calahan has had a lifelong love for nature and outdoor activities. Her art education in illustration and design led her into a career as an artist in the motion picture feature animation business. As part of Pixar Animation studios for 26 years, she helped create The Good Dinosaur, Toy Story, A Bug’s Life, Toy Story 2, Finding Nemo, Ratatouille, Cars 2, Onward and many more. A star in the field of animation, in 2013 she was admitted to the prestigious American Society of Cinematographers.
Sharon has spent her career studying the effects of light and color to enhance beauty and mood in the film world and has recently endeavored to transfer this knowledge into landscape painting. She loves to hike and paint out of doors, and then to use these field studies as direct inspiration in the studio. She won the Bronze Medal Award at the 2011 Oil Painters of America Western Regional Exhibition, and has participated in other juried events such as the Sonoma Plein Air Festival, the Napa Valley Art Festival, the Emeryville Art Show, as well as selected gallery shows. Sharon now lives and paints in rural Northeast Oregon.
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High Sierra
2017. Oil on panel, 16″ x 12″.
Framed in a compound Aurora—2 7/8″ with No. 22.6 CV, 23kt gilt sight moulding. Quartersawn white oak with Medieval stain.
SOLD.
October Blush
2021. Oil on board, 14″ x 11″.
Framed in a No. 400 CV BC—2 3/4″ in walnut with Medieval stain. 18kt gilt slip.
SOLD
Garden Delight
2021. Oil on board, 6″ x 8″.
Framed in a No. 503—2″ in cherry with Deep Red Brown stain.
Bear Creek Summer
2019. Oil on panel, 16″ x 20″.
Framed in No. 244 CV—3 1/4″. Quartersawn white oak (Dark Medieval stain) with 18k gold liner.
SOLD.
Summer Splendor
2016. Oil on panel, 10″ x 18.” Framed in No. 326 CV—3”, quartersawn white oak (Dark Weathered) with 23kt liner. SOLD
Spring Majesty
2016. Oil on panel, 10″ x 18.” Painting only: $1,300.
Framed in No. 243 CV—3″ in Quartersawn white oak (Very Dark Medieval) with 23k gilt slip. Frame price: $700. (Inquire for other frame options.)
Painting framed as shown: SOLD.
Sierra Gem
2016. Oil on panel, 11″ x 14.” SOLD.
Sierra Glow
Oil on panel, 2016, 9″ x 12″. Framed in a compound 3″ wide frame with a Light Medieval Oak stain. SOLD.
Mountain Road
Oil on panel, 2016, 11″ x 14″. Framed in a carved compound frame that is 4″ wide with 23 kt gilt slip.
Pacific Glow
2014, Oil on panel, 11″ x 14″. Unframed. Sold.
Timber Cove
2014, Oil on panel. 11″ x 14″. Framed in Compound No. 1.4 CV—2-1/2” + Cap 15 CV—1” in walnut (Medieval stain), with 18kt gilded and rubbed slip. Sold
Stillwater Cove
2014. Oil on panel. 11″ x 14.”
Framed in compound frame No. 104.0 CV—2-1/2″ + Cap 400 CV—3/4″, in quartersawn white oak (Onondaga stain).
Alpine Cathedral
2013. Oil on canvas, 10″ x 20″. Framed in No. 223.4 CV—3″ in quartersawn white oak (Medieval Oak stain) with carved and gilded (18 kt pale gold) ovolo liner. Sold.
Spring Afternoon
2009. Oil on canvas, 24″ x 30″. Framed in Compound Mitered frame No.2.4 CV (low slope) — 3” + Cap No. 15 H — 1” in quartersawn white oak (Dark Medieval Oak stain). Sold.
Valley Aspen
2009. Oil on canvas, 24″ x 30″. Framed in No. 17.2 CV — 3-1/2” in quartersawn white oak (Oxford Oak stain). Sold.
Aspen Grove
2009. Oil on canvas, 20″ x 24″. Framed in custom mitered carved profile in quartersawn white oak (Medieval Oak stain). Sold.
Through the Woods
2009. Oil on canvas, 18″ x 24”. Framed in No. 1.2 CV—3 in quartersawn white oak (Medieval Oak stain). Sold.
Summer Hay
2009. Oil on canvas, 20″ x 40″. In compound mitered frame No. 17.4 CV—3-1/2″ + Cap No. 1—1″ in quartersawn white oak (Dark Medieval Oak stain). Sold.
June Pasture
2009. Oil on canvas, 20″ x 40″. In compound mitered frame No. 17.4 CV—3-1/2″ + Cap No. 1—1″ in quartersawn white oak (Medieval Oak stain). Sold.
Autumn Hillside
2009. Oil on canvas, 24″ x 30″. Framed in No. 2.1 CV — 3-1/2” in quartersawn white oak (Medieval Oak stain). Sold.
Summer Morning
2011. Oil on canvas, 11″ x 14″. Framed in 3″ custom mitered frame with double reed near sight edge and carved ovolo sight edge, in quartersawn white oak (Dark Weathered Oak stain). Sold.
Summer Wildflowers
2012. Oil on canvas, 12″ x 18″. Framed in No. 2 Low—3” in quartersawn white oak (Medieval Oak) with carved gilt liner. Sold.
Marin Pastorale
2011. Oil on canvas, 11″ x 14″. Framed in No. 322—3″ in quartersawn white oak (Dark Medieval Oak) with gilt slip. Sold.
Ediza Afternoon
2009. Oil on canvas, 24″ x 30″. No. 1100 — 3-1/2” mortise-and-tenon frame in quartersawn white oak (Medieval Oak stain). SOLD.
Pass Creek
2009. Oil on canvas, 24″ x 36″. No. 1.4 CV — 3” in quartersawn white oak (Medieval Oak stain). Sold
Watchtower
2009. Oil on canvas, 18″ x 24″. No. 26 CV (low slope) — 3” in quartersawn white oak (Dark Weathered Oak). SOLD.
Boxing Day Breakfast
2009. Oil on canvas, 18″ x 24″. Framed in No. 2.3 CV — 3” in quartersawn white oak (Medieval Oak stain). SOLD.
Spring Patterns
2011. Oil on canvas, 9″ x 14″. Framed in No. 1.4 CV — 3″ in quartersawn white oak (Weathered Oak stain). Sold. About this frame…