SHARON SORRELS
Sharon pursued careers in the arts and education in Washington, DC. She earned a BFA in Design with minors in Art History and Education receiving instruction from renowned artists Lois Mailou Jones and David Driskell at Howard University leading to positions at the National Gallery of Art and the National Endowment for the Art before retiring to this area with her late husband, Anthony, a few years ago.
She is a board member of the Waccamaw Arts and Crafts Guild, member of the Seacoast Artists Guild, and a member of the Colored Pencil Society of America.
Her paintings, drawings, and jewelry reflect her love of the culture and beauty of this area and can be seen at various local art festivals and venues which include: Shine Café, Conway, SC and Encore Gifts, Conway, SC. Paintings are displayed at the Seacoast Artists Gallery, The Market Common, Myrtle Beach, SC.
JEFF STURM
"Make light the subject of your paintings and you will be successful."
Jef Sturm is a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art where he received his degree in graphic design and fine art. Since then he has spent most of his lifetime drawing & painting and studying landscape painting theories.
He demonstrates, exhibits and sells his work at Brookgreen Gardens, in Pawleys Island, The Seacoast Artists Guild in Myrtle Beach, The Gray Man Gallery in Pawleys Island, The Georgetown County Museum and The Georgetown Art Gallery in South Carolina. Working from his interpretations of altered and revised photographic compositions, Jef’s approach to painting has always been to
"capture the quality of light as it exists in a moment".
In addition to teaching privately, Jef teaches life drawing and painting for
The Seacoast Artists Guild.
Jef is an active member of the Waccamaw Neck Arts Alliance. WNAA.
Jef is a member of the Seacoast Artist’s Guild.
