Sharin Anderson

Sharin Anderson (born 26 October 1959) is an Australian singer, guitarist, songwriter, and artist from the outer northern suburbs of Melbourne.

After leaving school in 1976, she worked at gigs and a variety of jobs including waitress at Panton Hill Hotel and running a clothing and gift shop in Northcote.

In gratitude, Shane Pugh (Clifton's son) gave her one of the limited edition colour etchings of the work in which she appeared – "Leda and the Swan 1" (1989).

In 1996, she sang backing vocals on Debbie Morrow's CD "Violence in Animation" In 1996, Anderson needed a more certain income stream and qualified and commenced work as a support worker for people with intellectual disabilities.

In the mid-1990s, Anderson started drawing with coloured pen and ink and created hundreds of abstract patterned [mandala|mandalas] as well as square and rectangular geometric designs.