Chris Sharp

Artist/ Peabody Award Winning Documentary Producer

"A painting must be a love affair. You cannot paint half-heartedly." - Ed Whitney

Painting is one of the truly independent creative pursuits. It's all between the artist and a blank sheet of paper. I started my career with a love of writing and then added the element of film and video. In the past few years I have gone back to basics... the basic challenge of capturing a moment in time or a fleeting emotion on the blank canvas.

Formal education includes a Masters Degree from the University of Washington where Sharp was asked to stay on and teach after completing her graduate degree.

Sharp has received many awards for her work, including the prestigious Peabody Award and the New York Film Festival Gold Medal,the Society of Professional Journalists, the Governor's Award... to name a few. Her investigative news documentaries headlined CNN for a decade including exclusive news reporting on Clinton/Lewinsky, Simpson Murder Trial, Tonya Harding Olympic Scandal, Freeman Stand-off, Unabomber Capture, Last Hanging in Washington State, Makah Whale Hunt and the Queen and the Commonwealth.

Her work has been featured on CNN, Larry King, PBS, MacNeil Lehrer NewsHour, ABC Prime Time Live and Good Morning America.

Member of Northwest Watercolor Society and American Film Institute.