About Sharon Furman-Bulloch
On January 4, 2018 the Bulloch family lost our wife, mother, and grandmother; and the world lost an amazing soul and artist. Following are some thoughts and memories from Sharon about her life and career as an artist.
Childhood memories in the artists words:
"I spent many of my preschool hours in art galleries with my mother, Lola Furman. At that time my family lived Albuquerque, NM. My mother was active in the artist community, hanging , judging, and entering art shows.
I was three or four years old, watching my mother paint. She left the room with her oil pallet out and a painting on the easel. I wanted nothing more than to paint. So that is exactly what I did. I don't remember Mother being angry when she came back, but she did give me appropriate supplies to create my own art.
As a child, I thought that all mothers were artists. In the first grade I asked my best friend where her mother kept her paintings. She told me that her mother didn't have any paintings, that she didn't know how to paint. I was very curious what she did all day so I asked.
"Oh, clean house, I guess,"was the answer. I didn't think that sounded fun and I said so. When I got married fifteen years later, I received as a gift, a painting from my friend's mother.
In May of 2004, I retired from the Farmington Municipal School District as an elementary school librarian. I now devote the majority of my time to painting, quilting, wood carving, scrap booking and ...whatever sounds interesting.
I currently live in Farmington, New Mexico with my husband, Ed. We have three grown children. Michael, lives in Farmington, NM. He is a graphic designer and owns his own business, Imagine That Design. Michael is also an artist. Steven, a computer whiz, works for the San Juan County District Attorney’s Office. Our daughter, Stephanie earned her Masters degree in Communications and works for the State of New Mexico. Steven has two amazing daughters, Jordan and Bailey and Stephanie has a wonderful daughter Abbigail, and an incredible son, Colby.
I love the Southwest. As I look out at the beauty of this glorious land, the light, the color, the people, I'm filled with gratitude; gratitude for the chance to live here and share with you the beauty of our country."
