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c. 1960s - the iconic train station in historic Galena, Illinois; Gene silk screened dozens of prints of this proof. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1554001339245-DUJLVO87A2OACB8PERV3/GeneSharp_2018_12_006_sj.jpg Midwest “65 and 66” - c 1960s - acrylic on illustration board - races in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1550946258553-YS8A1L3TEF6W14L23SI1/GeneSharp_2018_12_007_sj.jpg Midwest “Crab Tree Farm” - c. 1990s - watercolor - Gene led many painting outings for seniors in Lake Forest and Lake Bluff, Illinois; here, a gentleman's farm on Sheridan Road in Lake Bluff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1550946028119-A7XVGDMHI9YV01VNQUM1/GeneSharp_2018_12_011_sj.jpg Midwest "Lake Forest Library Friends Book Sale" - c. 1980s - watercolor - Every September the Friends of Lake Forest Library held a huge used book sale under the tent in Market Square. Like all used book sales, there were treasures to be found! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1553648716793-UKEBLUALREN88TQL3Z6Q/GeneSharp_2018_12_010_sj.jpg Midwest “Historic Market Square” - c. 1980s - watercolor - In Lake Forest, Illinois, a gathering place and center of the first planned "shopping center"; listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The fountain features a sculpture by Sylvia Shaw Judson, “Girl with Baby on Shoulder.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1554001212924-2A2BCNTKB91QZXD60X1P/GeneSharp_2018_12_005_sj.jpg Midwest “64” - c. 1960s - acrylic on illustration board - Gene's son, Jim, loved cars and they often went to races in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1551372949418-0ZVX7D9H9BGR7NAUA3GB/GeneSharp_2018_10_14x20_sj.jpg Midwest “Golden Fields” - c. 1960s - watercolor - This golden field is reminiscent of driving through Iowa in late summer. An old windmill and barn dot the landscape. https://www.sharpartiowa.com/florida daily 0.75 2019-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1553954933985-RIFIBVCMSIXQFJXSBNV1/GeneSharp_2019_2_001_sj.jpg Florida “Island Hotel” - c. 1990s - watercolor - While wintering in nearby Crystal River, Gene and Zadonna loved visiting the tiny fishing village of Cedar Key. Famous for its nature trails and clam chowder, it's a wonderful shopping, eating,and fishing destination. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1554000209934-H7HXE5JEH30QNLYW6EQZ/GeneSharp_2019_3B_005_LJ.jpg Florida “Sawgrass Marshes 2” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1550893808827-Q7PJPOE5I2PUHUUCV47S/egrets.jpg Florida “Egrets” - c. 1990s - watercolor - Gene and Zadonna spent many winters on the Gulf Coast of Florida. A lover of nature and especially birds, he captured the wildlife around Crystal River where egrets and blue herons fly and manatees swim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1554001769431-DCPKWE6A5J914S4VJR1U/GeneSharp_2019_3_002_sj.jpg Florida “Crystal River 1” - watercolor - in their golden years, Gene and Zadonna rented a winter home in Crystal River where Gene added the colors of Florida to his palette; egrets were a particularly attractive subject, including “Fred” who lived in their backyard and ate hot dogs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1550946825029-ZFO0JO6MLUQW7XVIKQ5W/GeneSharp_2019_2_003_sj.jpg Florida “Sawgrass Marshes” - c. 1990s - watercolor - fed by the Homossasa and Crystal Rivers, the sawgrass marshes provide refuge for egrets and other shore birds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1553955046144-U3D7G71W2EJV9MQOG2TB/GeneSharp_2019_2_002_sj.jpg Florida “In Sunglasses” - c. 1990s - watercolor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1554000131794-HXDHWGX29PBN2BQF9A4H/GeneSharp_2019_3B_004_LJ.jpg Florida “Egrets 2” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1554000072118-0DAUECEI01V23RJS40DS/GeneSharp_2019_3B_003_LJ+%281%29.jpg Florida “Crystal River 2” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1554000281126-352MI6AL8DOILAGPD4DR/GeneSharp_2019_3B_007_LJ.jpg Florida “Egrets 3” https://www.sharpartiowa.com/still-life daily 0.75 2020-05-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1550947338825-D6ALRW3B5QO7V5RSLPRT/GeneSharp_2019_2_004_sj.jpg Still Life “Summer Geraniums” - c. 1990s - watercolor - Hardy geraniums were a standard plant on Gene and Zadonna’s backyard patio. The pinks and reds of these summer blooms are set off by the greens of asparagus fern and the cobalt blue lobelia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1553649955526-Q904DZH35RBPWYW81WB4/GeneSharp_2019_3_004_sj.jpg Still Life “Wild Geraniums” - c. 1990s - watercolor - The native Wild Geranium is a common plant of woodlands that occurs in all Illinois counties. These delicate pale purple-pink flowers balance on their stalks and show off their large toothy leaves. Gene’s home in Illinois was set in the woods and these were among the wildflowers in the area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1550947660973-0PAAYD2BB2ZAALR0QBN4/GeneSharp_2019_1_001_sj.jpg Still Life “Lucy’s Lilacs” - c. 1980s - watercolor - Upon returning from a vacation in Italy, Gene painted the wine pitcher he purchased from a local restaurant in Sorrento that he’d filled with lilacs from his daughter's yard. https://www.sharpartiowa.com/barns daily 0.75 2019-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1551121241724-1JOH76OKHMATILRBW9GK/GeneSharp_2019_1_007_sj.jpg Barns "Barns of McHenry County Series #6" - 1996-97 - watercolor sketch. This barn is located on Kishwaukee Road at Hughes, south of Woodstock, Illinois. Barns painted white were usually dairy farms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1551119474107-B5HGP23CJPNLHXYYIN59/GeneSharp_2019_1_006_sj.jpg Barns “Barns of McHenry County Series #5” - 1996-97 - watercolor sketch. As barns and farms were abandoned, the structures slowly deteriorated and left behind the stone or brick foundations. This one titled by Gene “…gone.” was located at Alden Road, south of State Line Road, Harvard, Illinois. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1551118817347-YW213T3Y05G4IVIJWULP/GeneSharp_2019_1_005_sj.jpg Barns “Barns of McHenry County Series #4” - 1996-97 - watercolor sketch. Located at Lincoln Road at Brandenburg, east of McHenry, this sketch of a newer barn and its outlying buildings is nestled in the windbreak of evergreens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1551115848490-BRT8K9V28X7KP241RWKG/GeneSharp_2019_1_003_sj.jpg Barns “Barns of McHenry County Series #3” - 1996-97 - watercolor sketch. This barn, titled by Gene “Going…” is (or was) located at Airport Road at Flat Iron Road south of Harvard, Illinois. The blues and greys of the siding capture the deterioration of the barn, symbolic of the demise of small farms across the Midwest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1554056002790-NVD6NJDK78HZOLUPK8VV/barn_8.jpg Barns “Barns of McHenry County Series #8” - 1996-97 - watercolor sketch. The barn and outbuildings are located on Highway 14, north of Harvard, Illinois near Motorola. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1550970095829-JKGSM1509O6LJAT5D3XW/GeneSharp_2019_1_004_sj.jpg Barns “Barns of McHenry County Series #2” - 1996-97 - watercolor sketch. This barn is located on Yates Road at Highway 14. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1554055982384-T1KA2YDOTPYYIYJKI1T0/barn_7.jpg Barns “Barns of McHenry County Series #7” - 1996-97 - watercolor sketch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1550968987055-Q0TI40SVN3F86OM8BUE8/GeneSharp_2019_1_002_sj.jpg Barns “Barns of McHenry County Series #1” - 1996-97 - watercolor sketch. Gene was invited by the McHenry County Historical Society to join other artists in capturing the barns in McHenry County, Illinois. He traveled around the county sketching and painting barns in various conditions. This one is located at Highway 14, west of Harvard. https://www.sharpartiowa.com/boats daily 0.75 2021-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1550968811462-56T7O4O4Q47K5K3BR3IN/GeneSharp_2019_2_013_sj.jpg Boats “Invader II, LaPointe” - c. 1980s - watercolor - Gene painted this dry docked boat while vacationing in the North Woods of Wisconsin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1553646439698-L8YVV3VMX8PVIWAACP3H/GeneSharp_2019_2_014_sj.jpg Boats “Docked I” - c. 1980s - watercolor - Gene painted all kinds of boats from fishing to sailing to freighters. This one is tranquilly docked on a bright summer day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1553979975605-SVJ4HSAWHV0C8WDX7JNQ/GeneSharp_2018_12_009_sj.jpg Boats “The Long Nets” - c. 1980s - watercolor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1553647286385-HTNB4RSSRGD0CCOVRL9C/GeneSharp_2019_2_015_sj.jpg Boats “Docked II” - c. 1980s - watercolor- this boat floats gently by the dock waiting for the next adventure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1551376939548-EEBJO9RA75XJNGX1L1O5/GeneSharp_2018_11_14x19_sj.jpg Boats “St. Simons Lighthouse” - 1990 - watercolor - Gene painted this lighthouse which was built in 1872 to replace the original lighthouse built in 1810 by James Gould of Massachusetts, the first lighthouse keeper. Located at the southern tip of St. Simons Island, Georgia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1553885374029-66WAAT8XOIAKTJJM2JLA/GeneSharp_2018_10_11x17_sj.jpg Boats “The Queen” - c. 1960s - watercolor - An example of the commercial style of Gene's paintings, Originally launched on Iowa's Spirit Lake, the 75 foot long steamboat Queen was moved to West Okoboji in 1884 amid concerns that Spirit Lake was drying up. For 89 years, she was instrumental in growing tourism for Iowa's “Great Lakes,” hauling lumber, mail, but primarily people across Okoboji. Today, her heir “Queen II” still offers daily tours around the lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1553999139491-XW41WOBQTDL72VN1K261/Colorful+houses.jpg Boats “Colorful Houses” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1553980098649-9TUY6I3ML3NONGWZRK0J/GeneSharp_2019_2_006_sj.jpg Boats “The Gull” - c. 1980s - watercolor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1550967650776-SO5AGPRM9OG3O6PVI1AH/GeneSharp_2018_12_001_sj.jpg Boats “Harbor, Door County, Wisconsin” - c. 1980s - watercolor - A vacation spot for many families, this harbor showcases the variety of boats found in Door County. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1550967361854-ZAYMM0TS6F7LNPH2QMTU/GeneSharp_2018_11_14x18_sj.jpg Boats “Maine Lighthouse” - 1983 - watercolor - Honorable Mention Winner, Illinois Watercolor Society, 2nd Annual Exhibition. Gene traveled with fellow artists on a Painting Holidays, New England Workshop capturing the beauty of the northeastern coastline. https://www.sharpartiowa.com/home daily 0.75 2022-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1550984288274-AKD0HGV1WMZW1Z2WE0L1/sketching-on-pier.jpg New Page https://www.sharpartiowa.com/travel daily 0.75 2019-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1553888118065-LPUTM7M0NTT0XHWD2W8P/GeneSharp_2019_2_007_sj.jpg Travel “Garmisch-Partenkirchen” - c. 1970s - watercolor and charcoal - Gene traveled to Germany as part of a group from J.I. Case, earning a free trip by creating marketing material for a contest. The quaint ski town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria was one of the destinations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1553888001649-CGNPWPPR459SZ44OZS0R/GeneSharp_2018_10_12x20_sj.jpg Travel “Mt. Vesuvius” - c. 1980s - watercolor - Vacationing in Italy, Sorrento was one of Gene's favorite stops; one year he celebrated his birthday there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1553888230002-ZU6TH6L4C8BOZBNS7DO8/GeneSharp_2019_3_007_sj.jpg Travel “Plateria y Curiosidades” - c. 1970s - pen and ink https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1553888316072-CJ2CJV413X88GYD1ITF1/GeneSharp_2019_3B_008_rev_LJ.jpg Travel “The Red Dome” - 1961 - watercolor - The red onion dome provides a striking contrast to the snowy blue Zugspitz Mountain, the highest peak of the Wetterstein Mountains as well as the highest mountain in Germany. It lies south of the town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1559790315871-MP559R9BNJABHIO2CVA8/GeneSharp_2014_4_013_sj.jpg Travel “The Red Dome II” - c. 1960s - watercolor - A stylized version of The Red Dome, this onion dome blends into its landscape while the snowy blue mountains take the focus. Although Gene did not indicate the location for this scene it was probably in Bavaria. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1553888050697-PQC1HVAGW68L5E10SO1F/GeneSharp_2018_12_012_sj.jpg Travel “Historic Lafayette County Courthouse, Oxford, Mississippi" - c. 1980s - pen and ink - This building was constructed in 1872 to replace an earlier building burned during the Civil War by Union troops. It is on the "National Register of Historic Places". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1559793167662-KU6ZTV2V0XUYHY20Z7S7/GeneSharp_2014_4_001_sj.jpg Travel "Santa Prisca de Taxco" - watercolor - Easily recognized, the Santa Prisca de Taxco was built with pink stone — flanked by two towers which are plain in the lower half but highly decorated in the upper bell portions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1553888190509-OBBUESXHXH3WKFA1UQT0/GeneSharp_2019_3_006_sj.jpg Travel “Church Santa Prisca, Taxco” - c, 1970s - pen and ink https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1553888071123-2I9SOQGBK1BM1TUTZQOJ/GeneSharp_2018_12_013_sj.jpg Travel “Maurice Oubre’s Bakery” - c. 1980s - pen and ink - A quick sketch by Gene shows the typical architecture of this Louisiana town, Martinville. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1559792888572-ILI72R1QTW2G4E7RXL5S/GeneSharp_2014_4_012_sj.jpg Travel “Taxco” - watercolor - Taxco, known for its silver mines and silver jewelry and its lovely Santa Prisca Cathedral, is located between Mexico City and Acapulco. With its charming cobblestone streets and red tiled roofs, it is a picturesque place to paint! https://www.sharpartiowa.com/prints-for-sale daily 0.75 2022-08-30 https://www.sharpartiowa.com/new-page-1 daily 0.75 2022-08-30 https://www.sharpartiowa.com/political-cartoons daily 0.75 2020-10-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1602217215617-RJS4LJG7MA63URG9CEBR/IMG_20200811_132953700_HDR.jpg Political cartoons It appears that this doctor is more interested in lobbying against Medicare (in order, perhaps, to preserve his salary?) than in curing a sick man. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1602218357575-4PLFIU3QT04MRYSS231Z/IMG_20200908_142654320_HDR.jpg Political cartoons We like this cartoon, but don’t quite get it. In 1960, CIA pilot Francis Gary Powers’s plane was shot down over Russia. After almost two years as a POW, he returned to the US to controversy, as many thought he should’ve destroyed evidence on his plane and/or used his suicide pill in order to avoid interrogation. We can’t find a report that states that he brought back “answers” - but we’re certain that Gene had “answers” that we don’t … https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1602218589584-519KLOLCSXNJIH7IXR27/IMG_20200908_142613944_HDR.jpg Political cartoons This is another we just don’t quite understand. Robert C Weaver was Kennedy’s head of a newly created department called HUD - Housing and Urban Development - opposed by some Republicans and southern Democrats; he was also the first African American appointed to a cabinet-level position - and held three degrees from Harvard at the time. Why is Kennedy hiding behind Weaver? Perhaps he’s deflecting blame for creating HUD? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1602218516891-RBQAIM2KETFJCFSR56SZ/IMG_20200811_132806478_HDR.jpg Political cartoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1602219284740-HY3OLRLKF4ANOQ4WLIS7/IMG_20200811_132544448_HDR.jpg Political cartoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1602213879626-QZUPI5XJZU8WTVVB7Q2Q/image-asset.jpeg Political cartoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1602217568226-ZSG9MYOLOCBJUAB03LQ6/IMG_20200908_143300086_HDR.jpg Political cartoons Richard Nixon lost the race for California Governor to Pat Brown in 1962, subsequently blaming the media, saying, “you won’t have Nixon to kick around anymore because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference.” This event was highlighted in a November 11, 1962 special on ABC called “The Political Obituary of Richard M Nixon,” that featured Alger Hiss - who, in 1950, had been convicted of perjury related to a 1948 charge of spying for the Soviet Union in the 1930s. Public sympathy for Nixon grew after the special, as many people thought it inappropriate to give convicted felon Hiss air time to attack the former VP. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1602219362731-65QPK4B94KWQHUZ8UIKJ/IMG_20200811_132316388_HDR.jpg Political cartoons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1602217802826-N9JQXNA97WZXV5KQOCKC/IMG_20200908_144813863_HDR+%281%29.jpg Political cartoons Air Force General Curtis Lemay clashed with President Kennedy, arguing to bomb nuclear missile sites in Cuba. After the crisis - after the Soviets agreed to withdraw their missiles - LeMay continued to push invasion of Cuba. In this piece, despite Kennedy’s and Secretary of Defense McNamara’s attempts to “muzzle the military,” LeMay “paints” where he pleased. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1602218105535-3WW9J0H6Z0O2HZR29N7N/IMG_20200811_133226292_HDR.jpg Political cartoons When an ostrich buries its head in the sand, it refuses to deal with unpleasant realities and possible dangers by pretending they do not exist. On this ostrich’s back, a man watches the skies for ICBM (ballistic missiles) while inside, a family relaxes, knowing they might easily make a “fast exit” to an underground shelter - and equally poised to enjoy “old fashioned creature comforts.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c65de009b7d15347499af3a/1602219322962-T1CWOFE8OHJ7OSMIWNS8/IMG_20200811_132857657_HDR.jpg Political cartoons