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How did Sharyn become the Light Pixie?

I'm a born optimist, believe in self-reliance and trust life. Challenges are a good thing; it's in my nature to whistle in the dark and move forward. The making of art is a great pleasure but it can make for an uncertain financial future. As a result I pursued a more conventional career but I never quit thinking about and making art. I lived in Miami, Florida, until seventeen years ago when I followed a good man and my heart to a farm in the heartland. Stretch and grow! It was a great gift that allowed me to discover, or more accurately, to rediscover my passion in creating images.

I now have the creative joy of telling peoples' stories in photographs and paintings. In addition to being the resident photographer and portraitist at Light Pixie Studio, I do post production and retouching, as well as the business side of planning, marketing, sales, bookkeeping, IT and hairpulling too. For too many years it was intimidating to launch my own business. Having success at it has made me eager for bigger challenges. It is my own venture and it reflects what I like to do and how I see the world!

Life seen through the lens of a camera or brushing color is exciting and inspiring. People remark that my images—photographs and paintings—are lively and realistic, and that the subject’s eyes appear to see!

The biggest rewards come from smiles of those who say I've captured their personal stories in my work.

Traditional training - modern techniques

So much has changed in the decades since I was first given a Brownie camera and then learned to draw and paint. Eventually I owned dozens of brushes, paint tubes, easel and tabouret. The acrid smell of solvents and waiting days to have one layer dry enough to paint into or on it were unavoidable. I learned to clean my brushes in canola oil and bars of astringent soap. Even then a new brush was an investment that never lasted quite as long as I thought it should. I stretched my own canvases and learned the hard way that most people prefer standard sizes.

Computers were essential during my professional years; eventually their potential as a tool for art became obvious. Today I work with digital SLR cameras, electronically stabilized lenses, and electronic brushes on an Intuos 4 tablet. These are amazing technologies that didn't exist twenty years ago and they allow me to be more productive and to have more control over the final image!

My goal is to exceed your expectations!

Most of what I created was given away to family and friends. When one of my paintings was taken for framing it launched the next step to a gallery exhibit. Satisfied customers told their friends and now I'm a busy and happily productive artist. Hardwork suits me! There's always a camera at hand and I frame images in my mind’s eye even when there isn't. I walk to zoom and love the post production process too.

Sometimes I'm asked if my paintings are digitally enhanced photographs. I may begin with a photograph as reference because I don’t know your loved one as you do. But each stroke is individual and unique, mixed and applied brush stroke by brush stroke. There is no photograph left in the finished painting; it is fully this artist’s own expression and creative result.

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Portrait Portfolio – We love! It is a most human response to what we value. I am Sharyn Richardson, the Light Pixie, and I create fine art photographs and paintings that tell the story and capture the essence of those we love. If my work is pleasing, perhaps you will allow me to create an heirloom memory for you!

Rimsky-Korsakov’s “A Taste of Sheherazade,” violin performance by Katherine Peterson, accompanies my portfolio. Speakers ON or OFF as you prefer.

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How did Sharyn become the Light Pixie?

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