Shauna is unusual in her successful accomplishment in a variety of mediums including watercolor, oil, acrylic and pastel. Whether landscape, animals or the figure, her paintings reflect skill, experience, and the ability to communicate the unique atmosphere and emotion of the subject.
Shauna has exhibited and won awards in international competitions around the country, including Oil Painters of America: National and Regional Exhibitions, American Artists Professional League, New England and Northeast Watercolor Societies, Renaissance in Pastel, Academic Art Association, and the Hudson Valley Art Association Exhibits. Regional awards include Best in Show at Monson MA, and Piedmont Exhibit in Sommers CT.
A full time professional painter for more than 45 years, Shauna is now an Artist and Board Member of Hudson Valley Art Association, as well as a Signature Member of CT Pastel Society, Lyme Art Association, Arts Center East, and New England Watercolor Society. She is an Elected Member of Lyme Art Association, American Artist Professional League, and Connecticut Plein Air Society.
Early in her career Shauna was selected to be Resident Artist at Yellowstone National Park, and more recently was chosen to be Resident Artist at The New Britain Museum of American Art. In 1988 Shauna founded Artists Open Studio, which currently, after 37 years, promotes the work of more than 65 artists in the Northeast Corner of Connecticut.
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. Positive and energetic, her versatility is showcased in her effective and inspirational instruction in drawing, oil, pastel, acrylic, and watercolor. Students can join her classes at the West Hartford Art League, Workshops throughout the state of Connecticut and in her own studio in Storrs, CT.
In addition to workshops and master classes from Robert Bateman, Charles Reid, Clyde Aspevig and Raymond Everett Kinstler, her educational background includes Lyme Academy of Fine Art, UCONN, and Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana. However, no instruction was as important as that from art instructor and mentor, Raymond Campeau in Bozeman, Montana. Offering an academic art curriculum and the information that art is a viable career, Mr. Campeau was the facilitator of a love of artistic excellence making the decision to become a professional fine artist possible. What a special gift this teacher made that was the catalyst for a life of making and sharing my impression of what is beautiful in this world.
