"A New Day" Painting

Shaun MacDavid grew up in rural West Tennessee, the second of six children whose father was an English professor, and whose mother loved the outdoors and gardening. Shaun graduated with a BFA degree from Middle Tennessee State University, and afterwards moved to Boston with her husband Andy. There she studied painting and drawing at the Art Institute of Boston as well as the Museum School. During a year spent in New York City, she studied anatomy and painting at the Art Students League. Then she moved to Buffalo in order to pursue her MFA degree at the State University of New York at Buffalo. There she received a scholarship to teach figure drawing, and graduated in 1992. Since then she has lived in Boston, Cape Cod, West Cornwall, CT, and presently Murfreesboro, TN where she and Andy now make their home. They have two grown children. Shaun enjoys swimming, gardening, cooking and spending time with her family.