Sharon Hinckley

Sharon Hinckley developed an interest in art at a young age. She did a large mural in crayon on the living room wall at the age of four and was sent to bed without her supper. Fortunately, most of the critics have been kinder since then, and she kept right on painting. Watercolor is her chosen medium. She has had more than 50 solo exhibitions, including at the Rosicrucian Museum in San Jose, California, and the National Museum of History in Taipei, Taiwan. She has authored a book on watercolor painting, Watercolor Basics: Painting Flowers. Her work is included in private and corporate collections in America and abroad. She currently teaches watercolor painting classes online via Zoom for the San Diego College of Continuing Education and Oasis. In 1999, Sharon became a yoga teacher. She loves to explore. Her travels have included six trips to India and one to Nepal. As it turns out, the Japanese word for Western painting is yoga—apparently Sharon has been doing one form or other of “yoga” all her life! During the “Great Recession” of 2008, Sharon turned her eye to photography . . . for eight years she published the La Jolla Calendar. She still does the occasional headshot or photo shoot.

For the Summer 2024 Session, Sharon is teaching the following class: