Welcome to the picture gallery of Shauna Shane. I am an artist, a painter, and teacher. My paintings record the inspiration that I experience when I come across a beautiful landscape or a lovely face that just must be captured. My painting life has been dedicated to achieving the skill and knowledge that makes communication through a well-placed brushstroke possible.

The common myth is that artists are born with talent and have only to start painting. I have found that my art is more like a musical instrument, taking years of study and practice to master. I believe that having spent more than 30 years as a full time artist I am now just beginning to understand how far the journey is, and that the talent I am blessed with is the passion that makes every moment I am immersed in the artistic experience a joy that goes deep into my soul. My goal is simple: to share my love and appreciation of the natural world with others.

Reflecting my response to nature my paintings are exuberant with color and energy. I paint in the tradition of America's plein air masters—immersed in the light and atmosphere of the day. There is simply no substitute for the intense experience and first hand observation of nature that occurs when painting directlly from life.

Thank you for joining me here; relax and enjoy the artwork. If you see a painting that interests you contact me for price and I will respond as soon as possible. You are welcome to join any of my classes or workshops, or sign up on the mailing list so I can update you on my work or artistic milestones.

Best wishes,

Shauna Shane

Shauna Shane
Biography, Artist's Statement

Shauna has been painting professionally for 30 years. A former Resident Artist at Yellowstone National Park, her paintings can be found in numerous collections and several countries around the world. In addition to workshops and master classes from artists such as Robert Bateman, Charles Reed, Clyde Aspevig and Raymond Everett Kinstler, her educational background includes Lyme Academy of Fine Art, University of Connecticut, Banff School of Fine Art in Alberta, Canada, and Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana.

Shauna has exhibited in international competitions around the country, including the Knickerbocker Exhibit, Oil Painters of America, the Salmagundi Exhibit in New York City. Shauna is an experienced teacher with 25 years of teaching students the pleasure of seeing and understanding the artistic concepts that open like windows when they begin with a strong foundation. In addition, Shauna has given more than 50 demonstrations to Connecticut and Massachusetts Art Guilds as well as to public school art classes and she is represented in galleries in Connecticut, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and Montana

Working in a variety of mediums including watercolor and oil, Shauna's work is saturated with light and color informed by many years of painting from life. Her paintings of the landscape, still life and the figure reflect a solid academic training as well as the ability to communicate not only the energy and the unique atmosphere of a scene, but also that subtle emotional connection between the subject and viewer.

Shauna has come to that place in her career where the communication and expression found in a well-placed brush stroke is not only what she does, but reflects who she is. Her goal, deceptively simple, is to share her love for the poetry of paint, and her appreciation and delight in the natural world and its people.

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