I was one of those kids that drew a lot.  I never stopped.  At first it was for my own amusement; dinosaurs, imaginative creatures- Disney and Dr. Seuss stuff.  My brother, who was 3 years older and an advanced draftsmen for his age, challenged me toward greater accuracy.  I drew and drew. 
   As a teenager I began to take note of past artists and styles and began to play with them, from impressionists to cubists to surrealists.  My Dr. Seuss tendencies were converted to Dali. Years later, I still straddle in my own work between those two masters.
   I majored in art during my brief college days, though I never envisioned it as a career.  It was just what I wanted to do.  After leaving college I continued my own exploration of fantasy and surrealism.
   Along the way I started doing murals.  My first two were large exterior murals for a folk dance center and Middle Eastern restaurant  in Los Angeles in 1974.  Twenty years and a hand full of murals later, I decided to make a career of it.  Most of the murals represented on this site come from these recent years. .I have also included examples of the work that I do in private.  I am currently building a small body of imaginative oils that I hope to be exhibiting soon.  But the primary focus of this site is to present my murals. 
                               
                                                                                                                              Jud Sharp