 Classic Portraiture Artist  Sharon Lynn Campbell About The Artist Born and raised in a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, Sharon Lynn Campbell spent much of her time at the family horse farm in Indiana where she developed a love of riding, going to horse shows and eventually sketching pictures of horses. She continued to show her Hunter-Jumper horses throughout her young adulthood, turning down a scholarship to study art at the university level. As a young adult she moved to Northern Virginia to continue showing her Hunter-Jumper horses on the east coast. After the birth of her third child Campbell decided to put her love of horses together with her love of art. Campbell now resides in central Virginia with her husband and three children. She is a full-time, sought after portrait artist whose work can be seen throughout the country in private collections, galleries, hunt clubs, schools, businesses, juried exhibits and on magazine covers, including, on several occasions, the cover of the international equestrian magazine “The Chronicle Of The Horse.” Campbell’s artwork has been the feature story of WVIR-TV NBC 29 News in Charlottesville, Virginia, as well as the featured front page story, on different occasions, of a central Virginia newspaper, “The Madison Eagle." Campbell has private, one-man shows in elite art galleries. She was the official cover artist for “The 2003 Winter Equestrian Festival - Wellington Series Program” and “The 2003 Winter Equestrian Festival - Tampa Series Program”. Campbell was the official artist for the “2003, 2004 & 2005 Middleburg Classic Horse Show Program”. She is the official cover artist for “The 2005 USEF Pony Finals” and the“ 2005 USEF Yearbook”, the “2005 Virginia Horse Industry Directory & Buyer’s Guide” and the “2005 Montpelier Hunt Races 71St Running”. Campbell is known for her beautiful oil portraits. She captures expression and emotion in her paintings and is able to bring out the personality of the people, horses and pets. Often her clients are moved so much that they are in tears after viewing their portraits. Sharon resides with her husband, three teenagers, two dogs, seven cats, two horses and a large pony in Rochelle, Virginia. |