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Featured Artist~ Sharon Beasley

I was born in California in 1950. I have lived here in Mississippi for the last 15 years. I started working with gourds about 2 years ago. My mother who lives in Idaho had grown some and sent them to me to make birdhouses out of. It all started from there. I bought a gourd book and the whole new world of gourds opened up for me. I have been involved in some sort of art most of my life. I love to paint and carve. I really love working with gourds because there is an endless possibility for each and every one of them.

I was asked by Erich Anderson to create a penny bank with the P.O.W. logo on it as a gift for the creators of the P.O.W. network, Chuck and Mary Schantag. It was to be in honor of the 20th year anniversary of the P.O.W. Network. I was very excited and proud to be asked. Erich Anderson has the website www.veterantributes.org and has worked very closely with the Schantag's. The entire gourd is painted completely freehand.