Sharon Korman’s medium is oil paints, which she uses to create representational paintings that are based in reality, but altered by imagination. The beguiling, creamy texture of oil paints, as well as the colors Sharon chooses, enhances the moody quality of her paintings. Her inspiration comes from travel, as well as from every day observations from Manhattan streets, the Connecticut countryside, or images from magazines and the news. Sharon’s aim is to take the familiar -- a couple sitting in a restaurant, a woman reclining after work, a night sky, an old barn -- and transform the scene to make it new and vibrant to the viewer, sparking a unique emotional response.