ARTIST: Shadowmyst Art, Sharon O’Shea Wood. MEDIUM: Digital Painting TOOLS: Procreate, iPad Pro, Apple Pencil Pro STYLE: Painterly realism ORIENTATION: Portrait CREATED: 2026 STATUS: Private collection DIMENSIONS: 11 x 14 in A genuine smile like this one doesn’t happen on command — it comes from a good story, the right company, a moment worth remembering. This portrait captures exactly that: the warmth, […]
ARTIST: Shadowmyst Art, Sharon O’Shea Wood. MEDIUM: Digital Painting TOOLS: Procreate, iPad Pro, Apple Pencil Pro STYLE: Painterly realism ORIENTATION: Portrait CREATED: 2026 STATUS: Private collection DIMENSIONS: 11 x 14 in Jubilance (noun): a feeling of extreme joy, triumphant satisfaction, and exultation — a state of overwhelming happiness or gladness. Some moments are simply beyond a smile. Head back, eyes lifted, completely
ARTIST: Shadowmyst Art, Sharon O’Shea Wood. MEDIUM: Digital Painting TOOLS: Procreate, iPad Pro, Apple Pencil Pro STYLE: Painterly realism ORIENTATION: Portrait CREATED: 2025 STATUS: Private collection DIMENSIONS: 8 x 10 in Music wafts through the air. She hears the first notes, the first words, and instantly knows this song. Memories flood in — feelings from a time she still carries with her.
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ARTIST: Shadowmyst Art, Sharon O’Shea Wood. MEDIUM: Digital Painting TOOLS: Procreate, iPad Pro, Apple Pencil Pro STYLE: Painterly realism ORIENTATION: Portrait CREATED: 2026 STATUS: Private collection DIMENSIONS: 11 x 14 in She is listening. She is waiting. Alert, composed, and full of words she has not yet chosen to release. She has been waiting a long time — and when the moment
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ARTIST: Shadowmyst Art, Sharon O’Shea Wood. MEDIUM: Digital Painting TOOLS: Procreate, iPad Pro, Apple Pencil Pro STYLE: Painterly realism ORIENTATION: Portrait CREATED: 2025 STATUS: Private collection DIMENSIONS: 8 x 10 in Summer is over, autumn nearly gone, and the first snow has arrived. Hat on, sweater pulled close, she faces it directly — steady, clear-eyed, already making her peace with the months
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ARTIST: Shadowmyst Art, Sharon O’Shea Wood. MEDIUM: Digital Painting TOOLS: Procreate, iPad Pro, Apple Pencil Pro STYLE: Painterly realism ORIENTATION: Portrait CREATED: 2025 STATUS: Private collection DIMENSIONS: 8 x 10 in When the news broke that Malcolm-Jamal Warner had passed, I had just finished watching him in “The Resident,” where he played A.J. Austin — magnetic, funny, and completely commanding on screen.
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ARTIST: Shadowmyst Art, Sharon O’Shea Wood. MEDIUM: Digital Painting TOOLS: Procreate, iPad Pro, Apple Pencil Pro STYLE: Painterly realism ORIENTATION: Portrait CREATED: 2025 STATUS: Private collection DIMENSIONS: 8 x 10 in It’s that moment when you notice the twinkle in her eye, the corners of her mouth just beginning to turn. She is looking straight at you. Was it something you said?
ARTIST: Shadowmyst Art, Sharon O’Shea Wood. MEDIUM: Digital Painting TOOLS: Procreate, iPad Pro, Apple Pencil Pro STYLE: Painterly realism ORIENTATION: Portrait CREATED: 2025 STATUS: Private collection Across the room, you notice you are being watched. The look is thoughtful — calm, relaxed, unhurried. A breath of air catches wisps of her hair, creating movement in opposition to the stillness she radiates.
ARTIST: Shadowmyst Art, Sharon O’Shea Wood. MEDIUM: Digital Painting TOOLS: Procreate, iPad Pro, Apple Pencil Pro STYLE: Painterly realism ORIENTATION: Portrait CREATED: 2025 STATUS: Private collection DIMENSIONS: 8 x 10 in Two gold wedding bands frame the moment — the couple drawn together, eyes only for each other, the date of their union engraved on the ring itself. This stylized composition goes
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ARTIST: Shadowmyst Art, Sharon O’Shea Wood. MEDIUM: Digital Portrait Painting TOOLS: Procreate, iPad Pro, Apple Pencil Pro STYLE: Illustrative DIMENSIONS: 8 x 10” 300 dpi ORIENTATION: Portrait YEAR: 2025 STATUS: Private Collection June 24, 1979 — the day this all began. Nearly 47 years later, that wedding photograph became this portrait. The gown, the veil, the pearl headpiece, the lace cuffs, the silver-blue
