Originally from Anniston, Alabama, Sharon moved to Birmingham in 1996 to pursue a career in the computer industry. . She has been drawing and painting since childhood, but was discouraged from pursuing art education in favor of a more 'stable' career. Assuming herself to be talent free, she focused her creative energy into planning her home remodel. When she became pregnant with her son, she found herself with a paintbrush in hand, relentlessly rendering a rainforest mural in the nursery. Her friends and family viewed the mural with shock, each exclaiming I didn't know...more