A self-taught designer and artist, Sharon Fraites nee Tullock is also a fashion icon and full-time housewife and she is passing on her knowledge to the younger generation in the hope they will continue to be creative and grow the art of fabric painting and other forms of art work.
“About 30 years ago, I started working with children because there weren’t many meaningfulactivities for them to do over the August holidays. They always showed an interest in painting.
To me they liked painting more than craft. Now I tutor the children of children who came to meover those 25 to 30 years. It is something I’m very proud about,” Fraites, who is now 62 years old, told the Stabroek Weekend in an interview.