Meet the Artist

Sharon Forthofer grew up in northern Indiana on a farm.  She has always loved being outdoors and drawing.  Her sister, Susan Ring is also an artist.  Sharon earned a masters degree in education and taught for 23 years in Indiana before moving to Sikeston, Missouri in 1998.

With time to focus on art, Sharon joined the Bootheel Regional Art Guild in Sikeston.   She studied oil painting with Cleda Curtis-Neal for several years and she studied plein air painting with Billyo O'Donnell of Missouri.  Sharon participated in many painting workshops throughout the country and in Europe to improve her skills.  She now enjoys painting the beauty of still life set-ups and landscapes with watercolors and oils. 

Living in the temperate weather of Austin for two years, Sharon enjoyed many opportunities for plein air painting.  She is a member of Plein Air Austin, the Oil Painters of America, the Texas Watercolor Society, and the Outdoor Painters Society.  She also joined the New Braunfels Art League and the Wimberley Valley Art League.

Sharon and her husband, Jerry now reside in Rockwell, North Carolina which is near Charlotte.  She is a member of the Stanly Arts Guild and Plein Air Carolina. 

Tanglewood Brushstrokes is a fine art business that Sharon began in Missouri.  Sharon sells her artwork and giclee prints through the website and galleries.  She also makes fine art reproductions for other artists and photographers.