Diana at Catoctin Creek Painting

Joe Shannon (b. 1933, Lares, Puerto Rico) has earned the admiration of critics and museum curators by virtue of his talent, originality, unswerving devotion to the figurative style, and his frank handling of racial and sexual themes. Shannon has had over twenty one-person exhibitions, and his paintings are in major museum collections, including American University Museum, Brooklyn Museum, Chrysler Museum, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Mint Museum, and the National Gallery of Art. His career has included serving as exhibition designer and curator at the Smithsonian, teaching art history and painting, and fine arts journalism.