1990 to 1994

Art is a monster - you don't know where it comes from or indeed what it is exactly, but as an artist you have the responsibility of entering the labyrinth and bringing back it's head.

Sandro Chia (The Draught of Dr Jekyll)

This quote formed part of Wendy Sharpe's Master of Fine Arts thesis/paintings completed during this period.

Self Portrait - Red Hands 1990 Oil on canvas 213cm x166cm Artist's Collection
Big Studio 1991 Oil on canvas 166cm x 210cm Private collection
Lamp Light 1991 Oil on canvas 152cm x 137cm Collection of Orange Regional Gallery
Pastel drawing
Pastel drawing
In 1994 The Art Gallery of NSW established an Artist-in Residence programme at Hill End. Sharpe was among the first awarded residency in this historically charged landscape.
Me in the graveyard at night 1994
Self Portrait - Artist Menaced by Cupids 1994 Oil on canvas 210cm x 172cm Private collection
Artist Menaced by Cupids Seated 1994 Oil on canvas 180cm x 180cm Private collection
Hercules and Omphale 1994 Oil on canvas 152cm x 137cm Private collection