Sharon Weiss Gallery

Sharon's Gallery is one of the best in our fair city! Sharon is personable, kind, knowledgeable & an art collector, too.In addition to the regular new artist rotation for the monthly Gallery Hops,Sharon often adds new artwork into the existing collection.I feel Sharon's Gallery, along with Marcia's & Studios on High, are holding the line to keep the Short North a viable Arts District.

When went into Sharon Weiss Gallery and spoke with owner Sharon Weiss, she told me that antique collecting is in her blood, that it's a trait she inherited from her mother and grandmother. She said her true love is Americana, but her gallery is not overwhelmed with the stuff, which was good for me because it's not really my bag.Alongside antiques, Sharon showcases contemporary art by Ohio artists. Mediums shown include pastels, oils, watercolors, prints, and sculpture. The paintings feature many colorful landscape and still-life scenes.The gallery is stylized to reflect a home. The idea is that it will make the white walls less sterile, making it easier for shoppers to envision the pieces in their own homes.Amongst artists exhibited in the gallery is Daniel Ferlan, whose works were named in the "Best Visual Arts Events" article in The Columbus Dispatch; Sharon proudly displays the article in her storefront window. Personally, I love Daniel's stuff: big-headed children running traveling through nightmare fairytales. I'm big on oxymorons.On special Gallery Hops, if you manage to make it around the swarm of people waiting in line at Jeni's Ice Creams and down E Lincoln St, you'll see artists, maybe a painter or a potter, making art in Sharon's window. I love works in progress.

I love the street, the building, the floors, the art...everything! Seriously- what a charming place!! The building and surroundings themselves are almost an installation piece. It combines the quaint elegance of a cottage and a loft all in one and while the art is great, I was more impressed with what they had done with the place!! Sounds horrible, I know. This will definitely be a place that I stop in regularly to monitor the work of artists who are lucky enough to exhibit there.