Sonia R. Kane

Sonia is primarily a landscape artist, using oil paints to express the joy and peace that she finds in the simple beauty of life.  She is drawn to scenes that are touched by sunlight -- enticing her to linger and appreciate God's world.

"Lemon Over The Sea" - 20 x 20 - Oil

"Sunlit Doorway" - 24 x 18 - Oil

Sonia Reilly Kane is a Virginia Tech graduate with a degree in Aerospace Engineering and a former career in the Space Shuttle program.  Her passion for both space flight and art began at her father’s kitchen table “art studio” while watching the Apollo moon mission.  Her first painting, at age nine, was inspired by this event. Today, Sonia’s paintings blend the precision of her engineering background with her love of the vibrant colors of nature and the magic of sunlight, shadows, and reflections. 

Sonia’s art training began in 1992 and includes classes and workshops in drawing, colored pencil, pastel, watercolor, and oil at Sertoma Art Center, Jerry’s Artarama, Wake Tech, Pullen Art Center, and private studios.  She began exhibiting her work in January 2006 at Sertoma, followed by a solo show in May and June at the Woman’s Club of Raleigh, a group show in July through September at Piper’s Restaurant & Tavern in Cary, and a solo show in December at the Sertoma Arts Center.  She has exhibited at the Visual Art Exchange and her painting, Lemon Over the Sea, was juried into the 2008 FALC Annual Exhibit.

Sonia and her husband, Matthew, have raised their family in Raleigh and made it their home since 1988.

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