You Can't Be Fucking Serious Sharon

Size:28 x 34 in.

Lee Ellis’s original painting You Can’t Be Fucking Serious Sharon is a striking and irreverent portrait measuring 24" x 30". With his signature boldness, Ellis presents a stylised female figure whose cool detachment is amplified by her oversized white-rimmed sunglasses and sharp black bob. Set against a vivid cyan background, the portrait is visually arresting, combining graphic precision with loose, expressive brushwork that gives the skin tones an ethereal quality, blending shades of violet, blue, and muted pink.

The figure’s striped black and white turtleneck enhances the sense of 1960s mod style, while the title injects Ellis’s distinctive dark humour and contemporary commentary. The work feels both timeless and fiercely modern, balancing pop art influences with the artist’s raw, experimental edge.

Ellis, a British multi-media artist based in Bristol, is renowned for exploring the human face as a vessel for emotion, experimentation, and layered narrative. His fascination with pushing the boundaries of traditional media is evident here, as he blends oils, charcoal, and spray paints to create texture and movement. Influenced by greats like Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud, Ellis combines psychological intensity with moments of levity. You Can’t Be Fucking Serious Sharon encapsulates his ability to craft art that is at once visually compelling and emotionally provocative.