Sharon Taylor Padgett  paints Aiken County landscapes in an impressionistic style in oils and acrylics. Many of her works are painted en plein air. This term refers to painting outdoors on location in order to capture the mood, movement and brilliant colors of the scene.


 “Aiken County is beautiful and diverse,” she says. “From high hills and bluffs to Carolina Bays and winding rivers – we have endless inspirations for the landscape artist.”

 Sharon is president of the Aiken Artist Guild. She teaches painting at the Aiken Center for the Arts and from her home studio in Aiken. She studied art at Jacksonville University and with the late Zita Mellon of Allendale and with Italian modern artist Livio Valentini.