Born in Singer, LA to W.E. and Violet Hollingsworth, Sharon attended school
at Singer High School and then received her art training at McNeese State
University, Oklahoma State University, Northwestern State University and
the Getty Institute of the Arts. She spent her working life as an art
teacher in various school systems. While in Avoyelles, Sharon directed
the art production for the Avoyelles Parish drama group. While in Rapides
Parish, she served as adjunct professor of art education at LSU-A. The
last ten years of her career were spent eaching art at the Beauregard
Alternative School and helping adult students obtain their GEDs at the
Adult Education Center. Even as she taught and reared her two sons,
Sharon continued to paint. In Avoyelles Parish, most of her commissions
were wildlife paintings. In Rapides Parish, she painted portraits of
people and horses. After retiring in 2005 with her husband John, she
joined the Beauregard Writers' Guild and the Beauregard Artists' Guild,
meeting weekly to write and paint. Retirement is great, she says. This
is the first time Sharon has had the time for the rigors of gallery
membership and is enjoying meeting many new friends who share her interests.