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Overview
Shar Coulson’s organic forms hint at figures, animals, leaves, and other organic references that feel nearly recognizable, while her lush application of paint plays with contrast as well as a spectrum of tonal shifts. Embracing the essence of Organic Expressionism, her work reflects her love of nature and the human figure. Working from visual memory, Coulson explores the idea of perception verus reality within the allusive figuration, gestural line work and organic forms found in her paintings. -
Works
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Shar Coulson: Abstract Painter | Nüart Gallery
“Each free-flowing exploration is only complete when the abstract touches the familiar...that point when something definite has been created, but its mystery is still intact. My hope is that when... -
Shar Coulson: Q+A with Shar Coulson
Shar Coulson’s lush application of paint plays with contrast as well as a spectrum of tonal shifts. Embracing the essence of Organic Expressionism, Coulson explores the idea of perception versus...
Biography
“ Each free-flowing exploration is only complete when the abstract touches the familiar...that point when something definite has been created, but its mystery is still intact. My hope is that when someone views my work, they are drawn in and connected on an emotional level to something fundamentally human. ” — Shar Coulson
Shar Coulson’s organic forms hint at figures, animals, leaves, and other organic references that feel nearly recognizable, while her lush application of paint plays with contrast as well as a spectrum of tonal shifts. Embracing the essence of Organic Expressionism, her work reflects her love of nature and the human figure. Working from visual memory, Coulson explores the idea of perception verus reality within the allusive figuration, gestural line work and organic forms found in her paintings.
Shar Coulson is a founding member of the Chicago Art Salon and has exhibited internationally.
Exhibitions-
LA | Shar Coulson
7 Dec 2024 - 11 Jan 2025(SANTA MONICA) Nüart Gallery is pleased to present “Lucid Phantasies,” a solo exhibition of new work by Shar Coulson, running from December 7th, 2024 through January 11th, 2025, with an...Read more -
R-E-D | 2024
A Group Exhibition 9 - 25 Feb 2024Nüart Gallery is thrilled to announce "R-E-D," our annual Valentine's Day exhibition featuring a curated collection of work celebrating the color red and its proximity to love and passion. .Read more
In art, music, and literature, love has always been one of the major engines of human creativity. In celebration of love, romance, and the mysterious longings of the heart, "R-E-D" features a diverse collection of artworks filled with romance for our annual Valentine's Day exhibition. Each work offers a distinct perspective on the color red and its unmistakable relationship with human desire and life itself. -
Winter Selections | 2024
A Group Exhibition 12 - 28 Jan 2024Nüart Gallery is pleased to present Winter Selections, our annual exhibition featuring a curation of our artists whose abstract and figurative work celebrate a constrained winter palette. The exhibition will open on January 12th and through January 28th, 2024.Read more -
Shar Coulson
Traces 30 Jun - 16 Jul 2023"Traces" presents a magnetic interplay between emotional vulnerability and artistic fortitude as Shar Coulson continues to cultivate her gestural interpretation of the natural world. Inhabiting the space between wind and water & flora and fauna, primal traces branch and hold undulating forms recognizable as both familiar shapes and layers of tactile color relinquished to abstraction. The real and ideal merge in these verdant compositions, where channels of dense tones from the outside world coarse over and around intersecting elements, webbed drips, and diffused pigmentation. An environment simultaneously entwines and separates in the work, where transparency of the organic world superimposes the mystery of our inner sensitivities.Read more -
R-E-D
A Group Exhibition 10 - 19 Feb 2023Nüart Gallery is excited to announce the opening of ' R-E-D,' a Valentine's Day exhibition featuring a curated collection of paintings that celebrate the color red and its connection to...Read more -
Shar Coulson + Richard Berman
Unearthing Layers 8 - 24 Apr 2022Unearthing Layers is a two-person exhibition featuring new paintings by Shar Coulson and Richard Berman. Both artists work in abstraction driven by color—Shar Coulson through lush interpretations of the...Read more -
Red Show
The Color of Love 11 - 25 Feb 2022A selection of works by our artists, reflecting their interpretations of one of the most celebrated human emotions – love. We invite you to join us in celebrating one of the most powerful colors of the spectrum.Read more -
Nüart 20th Anniversary Show
24 Dec 2021 - 9 Jan 2022Nüart Gallery 20th Anniversary Show (SANTA FE, NM) Nüart Gallery is pleased to celebrate its 20th year of offering fine art with a special group exhibition of 36 established and...Read more -
Abstractions 2021
19 Nov - 12 Dec 2021Featuring Work by Beverly Kedzior, Emilio Lobato, Joseph Ostraff, Willy Bo Richardson + Judy WoodsRead more -
Winter Inspirations
A Group Exhibition 29 Jan - 7 Feb 2021Nüart Gallery presents Winter Inspirations, a group exhibition of paintings by Nüart Gallery artists. The exhibition will run January 29th through February 7th, 2020. We're celebrating the season of the...Read more -
Shar Coulson + Richard Berman
27 Mar - 12 Apr 2020Nüart Gallery presents, Between the Known and Unknown , a two person exhibition of new paintings by Shar Coulson and Richard Berman . The exhibition will run March 27th through...Read more -
Abstractions Group Exhibition 2019
Shar Coulson, Cecil Touchon, Joseph Ostraff, Claire B Cotts, Rose Masterpol, & Anne Kaferle 8 - 24 Nov 2019Nüart Gallery is pleased to present, “ Abstractions 2019 ' a group exhibition of new work by six contemporary artists working in abstraction. The exhibition will run November 8 th...Read more
