About Shauna

Working in a variety of mediums including watercolor, oil, and pastel, Shauna's paintings are saturated with light and color, informed by many years of painting from life. Her paintings of the landscape, still life, animals and the figure reflect a solid academic training as well as her ability to communicate the energy and the unique atmosphere of a scene. 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.

"Because of how I see the beauty of nature my paintings are exuberant with color and energy. I paint each day feeling the tradition of America's plein-air masters close behind me, immersed in the light and atmosphere of the day. There is simply no way to describe the intense experience and connection that occurs when painting from nature."

"I believe my artistic journey is like a musical instrument; taking time and practice to master. I believe that what people call talent is better described as the passion that gives me a profound joy every moment I am deep inside the discovery of a beautiful scene. My entire artistic life is dedicated to achieving the skill, observation, knowledge, and nuance that makes communication through a simple, well-placed brush stroke as beautiful and descriptive as a perfect word in a poem."

Selected as Resident Artist at the New Britain Museum of American Art in 2008, Shauna is a former Resident Artist at Yellowstone National Park. Recent awards were received for the CT Pastel Society Renaissance International in 2008, 2007, and 2006. Shauna has exhibited in international competitions around the country, including the Oil Painters of America, the Salmagundi and Knickerbocker Exhibits in New York City and the 2008 Hudson Valley Exhibit at the Lyme Art Association.

A professional painter for more than 30 years, Shauna is represented in numerous collections and several countries around the world. An elected artist member of the Lyme Art Association and CT Plein air Society, Shauna is represented in galleries in Connecticut, Cape Cod, Montana and Florida, and was recently selected for the online gallery, ArtGuideGallery.com.

In addition to workshops or master classes from Robert Bateman, Charles Reid, Clyde Aspevig and Everett Raymond 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. Her career in art can be credited to her high school art teacher and mentor, Raymond Campeau who lives in Bozeman, Montana.