Whenever I see works by Sharon Rosa Seymour there is always a strong musical connection present. In my view a musician's concern with musical space and a painter's concern with plastic rhythm are perfectly consistent .In another sense the paintings have no reference to anything but themselves even though they were originally inspired by elements borrowed from the visual sphere, e.g. a local landscape. But within each piece there is also an overriding feeling of 'sprititual activity', indications that the artist has seen and felt something in nature that most of us overlook. An everyday urban landscape becomes full of mystery and may pose unanswerable questions or may give a rush of understanding - an epiphany. The lyrical nature of the brushwork, composition and colour places the artwork neatly between the abstract and the figurative; the spectator is forced psychologically into unfamiliar but stimulating, and adventurous territory. The distinction between these two styles has become less defined during the past fifteen years and this has given Seymour the chance to use her intuitive approach to provide audiences with sensuous and romantic imagery that never jars the retina or shocks the visual cortex. I have watched Sharon Seymour grow as a painter overcoming her demons, fears of failing and sometimes temporal loss of inspiration. Nevertheless, she has stuck to her unique vision that offers the sensitive viewer the opportunity to experience her transcendental usage of paint. Her style, which has painstakingly developed over the years, manifests itself in an unmistakeable texture and surface brought about by direct calligraphic use of line, brushed, stained, poured, and splashed paint to give a fulfilling experience to anyone lucky enough to see her exhibitions. 

Arts writer ;Tony Crosse has a Bachelor's and a Masters degree in European Fine Art. He is a Global lecturer and Arts writer and was Honorary Art Consultant at the Maritime Hospital. He helped found a research unit named after him at Guys Hospital London. He now lives and works in Antibes, France.