Illustrator / Fine Artist

Sharon Ross was born and raised in Ontario Canada. She attended Sheridan College of Animation, Art, and Design in Oakville Ontario Canada and graduated with a focus on interpretive and sequential illustration in 2002. Sharon went on to study creative writing care of the University of Waterloo as well as pursue continued learning in storyboard art through the Toronto Cartoonist Workshop. Sharon has continued to study and has earned certificates in character and world design as well as art history through online education with CalArts.

Sharon has worked as an in house graphic designer, worked in sculpture fabrication, freelance illustration and portrait work; she has participated in many art shows and competitions across Ontario Canada and New England USA and her work can be found in private collections and galleries in Canada, the US, and Mexico. Sharon has illustrated FOUR niche published children’s books, as well as a few that never made it to print.

Currently Sharon resides in Connecticut with her husband and two young sons.

Please feel free to email Sharon for a quote, to request a resume or work samples, or simply to talk about your up coming project.

Sharon is currently a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators,

Tolland County Art Association, Manchester Art Association, and Arts Center East.

Selected Exhibitions

2024 - May - Arts Center East 3rnd Annual Still Life Exhibition (juried) for Peony on the Sill and Afternoon Tea 
2024 - April - Arts of Tolland Juried Art Show - Union Pond in Pastel
2023 - October  Manchester Art Association Member Show - 2nd Place in Oil and Acrylics for Sara Époque
2023 - June TCAA Members Show - Ellington Ct Peony on The Sill and La Bibliotheque
2022- Nov 1-3 - Tolland County Art Association Open Show, South Windsor CT
Honorable Mention Ribbon to “Clementine” 

2022- October 1-31 - Manchester Art Association Members Show, South Windsor CT
2022 -June - Twitter Art Exhibit - June 25 York, UK
2021 - November - TCAA Open Show , South Windsor CT 2021 - June - TOLAND COUNTY ART ASSOCIATION MEMBERS SHOW, Ellington CT
2021 - May 27-June 12 Image is Worth A Thousand Words, Arts Center East, Vernon CT
2021 - May 10TH ANNUAL ACE ARTIST MEMBERS EXHIBIT, Arts Center East, Vernon CT
2021 - May - Twitter Art Exhibit - May 15 th Cheltenham, UK
2021 - March 26–April 17 - In Bloom Juried show at Arts Center East, Vernon CT (ONLINE) 
2020 - Twitter Art Exhibit - William H. MIller Studios & Fine Art, Myrtle Beach FL United States 
2011 - Art Gallery of Peterborough - Squared 50/50 - Peterborough ON Canada
2008 - Midnight in Chicago - Site Specific 
2008 - I Adore My Commodore - Solo Exhibit - Peterborough ON Canada