Sheila Lemons

Extensive travel across Africa, Jamaica, and Europe shaped the early artistic and cultural influences that continue to inform this artist’s work. Raised with wide exposure to art, they later developed their practice at an arts high school in Dallas, Texas, before moving to San Francisco to study painting and photography at the San Francisco Art Institute, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Working primarily in landscape painting and photography, the artist emphasizes the transformative effects of light, drawing inspiration from nature and guided by a personal approach to style and technique.