Shawn’s Artist Statement

My creativity is a manifestation of my relationship with nature and the reverence I hold for it. I experience nature with all of my senses. These experiences nourish my perception of otherness. In turn, I hope to transubstantiate my empathy through emotion as intuitive and expressive content in my work.

My process is positioned to interrogate the dichotomous zone between the right and left hemisphere of the brain; the space of flux between real and illusion, spiritual and representation, present and past. I enjoy exploring the formal qualities of paint to elicit its plasticity as metaphors and proxies for human and nature reciprocity.

Diverging my traditional sensibilities rooted in classical realism, I aim to employ the vitality and physical application of color as the life giving force to my subjects. My subject matter is simply a conduit for my empathy.