Biography

Shari Pedowitz is an accomplished abstract painter from New Jersey. She has created more than 150 paintings and her art has been featured in exhibits in the Mid Atlantic region. She has been winning awards for her art since elementary school and commissions since college. Shari's lively paintings vary in style and materials and are marked by vivid colors, hidden imagery and intriguing titles.

Highlights: 
Artist, Arts In The Park Festival, Historic Smithville Park, Eastampton, NJ, 2008
"Rest Here," commissioned, 2008
"clllclc," permanent loan to the Anthropology Department at the University of Delaware
"Shipibo," permanent loan to the Anthropology Department at the University of Delaware
"Never Forget, Never Again," permanent loan to Solebury School

Shari is also an award-winning, published poet of more than 400 poems. Her rhythmic poetry varies in style and is marked by very strong imagery. 

Highlights: 
"Most Valuable," published in Art Blooms booklet 
Poet, Art Blooms, Cherry Hill, NJ, 2007 and 2008 
“Drained,” published on Nola.com, 2005 
Poet, Annual Poets’ Invitational, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ, 2004 and 2005


“Most Valuable” by Shari Pedowitz

More wildflower than wallflower.
More spiced honey than salt.
More red fancy deep than cubic zirconia.
More spun silk than coarse wool.
More chocolate than vanilla.
More pen than sword.
More steel than wood.
More book than party.
More paintbrush than chalk.
More water than land.
More star than meteor.
More pure than toxic.
More 5-diamond than street.
More inner glow than stage light.
More dance than instrument.
More blessed than dismissed.
More voice than caged bird.
More Woman of Valor than common doxy.
More hope than shuttered.
More love than close.
More gift than prize.
More me than all.

Statement

I tend to think of the world as both my inspiration and my canvas. The paintings in the Pink Sky Gallery reflect
that view.

I frequently create paintings while listening to a variety of singers and musicians in diverse genres, including Duke Ellington, Nelly Furtado, Meniskus, Mozart, Sade and Wu-Tang Clan. The paintings in the Paint To The Beat Gallery are the result of my music-fueled sessions. 

As part of my effort to practice tikkun olam, 18% of the profit from the sale of each painting in the Judaica Gallery will be donated to a charity that I am committed to, such as the Jewish National Fund, the World Wildlife Fund and America's Second Harvest. For commissioned Judaica paintings, including hamsas, 18% of the profit will be donated to the Jewish National Fund. 

I've always loved watching cartoons and animated films, as well as reading cheerfully loopy or unique fairy tales, fables and other forms of literature. The paintings in the Storytime Gallery reflect those influences.