A MAMMOTH project which saw an artist complete 100 pieces of work in 100 days for charity goes on show from this week.

Sharon Tait, from Dalton-in-Furness, explored a range of different art forms throughout the epic challenge for two charities, Kendal-based Space2Create and Leonard Cheshire Disability.

Leonard Cheshire Disability supports disabled people in the UK and around the world to fulfil their potential and live the lives they choose.

This year marks 100 years since the birth of their founder, Leonard Cheshire, and to celebrate this, the charity asked people to do something involving the number 100.

Sharon rose to the challenge and decided to create one artwork per day for 100 days.

“Because of my own mental health problems, I can go for months without making art," she said. "I felt this was a great way to motivate myself and see if I could do this, while raising money for causes that are very important to me. It was daunting and I found it difficult at the beginning but by the time I was half way through, something shifted and it became a real pleasure to do each day.”

Throughout the project, Sharon explored different media and the exhibition includes silk screen prints, mono prints, collagraphs, acrylic paintings, watercolours, Brusho, pen and ink, digital art, mosaics and painting on bandages.

The subject matter evolved during the course of the project and show the shift in her own state of mind.

She describes the initial pieces as “dark” but the tone slowly changed.

“My struggle with my own medication levelled out and a short holiday in Sicily changed the light,” Sharon said. “Along with that, my work went from dark to very colourful. I began painting flowers – something I’ve never done before. I now hope to continue to build on the skills I have learned during this project including bringing more colour into my artwork and the freedom to explore mark making and trying out new media. I don't intend to produce work at such a rate but would like to set myself the challenge of a piece each week and would like ultimately to work on a much larger scale pieces over longer periods of time.”

The fruits of her labour can be seen at an exhibition at Space2Create and ARTSPACE at The Factory, Aynam Road, Kendal this Friday (6pm-8pm), Saturday, Sunday and Monday as well as on June 3 and 4 (all 11am-4pm)

Space2Create help vulnerable adults with long term physical and mental health conditions to recover their wellbeing through creative activity.

Her work will be on sale to raise money for both charities. Each piece will cost, appropriately, £100.