“What is there in the idea of ‘too late?’” This is the question that Henry James identified as the inspirational source of his story The Beast in the Jungle, a tale of soul crushing missed opportunities. My paintings explore the antithesis, imagining painting itself as an arena of endless possibility and surprise. Hence, November Roses, the elastic forms of art, organic, opening themselves as the work progresses until the revelation of a late bloom. When I begin a work I don’t know how it’s going to end and I’m always prepared for enormous changes at the last minute.

Artist Bio

Sharon Kaitz is a Boston based artist. Her work has been shown internationally in the UK, Japan, Italy, Israel, Germany and Ukraine and nationally in Boston, New York, and Houston. Numerous Boston galleries and Massachusetts museums have featured her work including Harcus Gallery, Allston Skirt Gallery, Gallery Mourlot, Beth Urdang Gallery, Clark Gallery, The Fuller Art Museum, The Berkshire Museum, the ICA Boston and the Rose Art Museum. Her paintings are in the permanent collection of the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University, corporate collections including those of General Cinema, Fidelity, Harcourt and Bank of America, and many private collections. Her exhibitions and designs have been reviewed in ArtNews, Art New England, House and Garden, The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, New England Homes, The New York Times, and New American Paintings among other publications.