Beyond Vision Exhibition by Sharon Wyper

Beyond Vision is a new exhibition of paintings by Sharon Wyper – who teaches Art at the Sixth Form.

Previously shown at British Association of Science festival in Liverpool, city of culture, the work is now being shown in Oxfordshire for the first time.

Concerned with seeking what is 'beyond', Sharon's work engages with subjects such as the cosmos beyond the clouds, the molecular world beyond that which we can see with our eyes, and the spiritual beyond the physical:

'In my sky paintings I show stars that would not normally be visible in the daylight. I use star maps for precise locations and times that correspond to the making of a particular piece of work so that the painting is also a record of the painting’s history. For me the sky’s layers are metaphors for revelation and for the constancy of a Divine light that appears through a turbulent world of flux.'

As well as teaching at d'Overbroeck's, Sharon is artist in residence at Diamond Light Source – the UK's newly-build synchrotron (a particle accelerator, and the country's biggest investment in science for more than 40 years).


Sharon Wyper's website

Dates: Wednesday 3 December to Wednesday 17 December
Location: The O6 Gallery, John Mason School, Abingdon, Oxon. OX14 1JB
Opening hours: 9am to 4pm, Monday to Friday