“I believe the artistic journey is like a musical instrument, taking time and practice to master. What people call talent is better described as a passion that gives a profound joy every moment the artist is deep inside the discovery of a beautiful scene. My own artistic life is dedicated to achieving the observational skills and nuance that makes communication through a simple well-placed brush stroke as beautiful and descriptive as a perfect word in a poem.”
Shauna Shane
ABOUT SHAUNA SHANE
Working with a variety of mediums including watercolor, oil, and pastel, Shauna's work is saturated with light and color. Informed by many years of painting from life, her paintings reflect the ability to communicate the energy, color, and the unique atmosphere of a scene beyond her solid academic training.
Selected as Resident Artist at the New Britain Museum of American Art during the California Impressionist Exhibit, Shauna began her career as Resident Artist at Yellowstone National Park. She has since exhibited and received major awards in international competitions around the country, including Hudson Valley Art Association, Academic Art League, Oil Painters of America, and Renaissance in Pastel. Plein air paint out competitions include Brandywine PA, St. Petersburg and Bradenton, FL.
A professional painter for more than 40 years, Shauna is represented in collections in the USA and around the world, including the Governor’s portrait in the State Capitol in Helena, Montana. She is a Signature Member of Hudson Valley Art Association, Academic Art League, CT Pastel Society and NorthEast and New England Watercolor Society, and an Elected Artist Member of Lyme Art Association and the CT Plein Air Society.
In addition to workshops or master classes from Robert Bateman, Charles Reid, Clyde Aspevig and Raymond Everett Kinstler, her educational background includes Lyme Academy of Fine Art, University of Connecticut, and Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana.
Shauna’s dedication to excellence, her academic classical art education and her subsequent career in art are a direct result of her high school art teacher and mentor, Raymond Campeau, from Shauna’s home town of Bozeman, Montana.
Shauna’s W/C of Raymond Campeau
A popular demonstrator and teacher, Shauna takes pride in her ability to convey to others how to see and understand the visual world in a way that makes their artistic journey enjoyable and productive.