Shannon Evans

My paintings explore the human condition and the array of confusing emotions and experiences that we encounter in this life. Love, loss, and longing are some of the main themes of my work. I paint intuitively and the work becomes a direct reflection of my own feelings and emotions at the time of creation. The paintings tap into my unconscious and subconscious mind as I let the color, mark making and composition flow freely. The juxtaposition and accumulation of advancing and receding positive and negative expressive brushwork form an abstracted landscape: a sense of place, a moment in time. The landscape becomes a metaphor–a mental space that draws the viewer in and lets them find their own solace in the work.

Color and paint are used expressively to create a multitude of hues that overlap and build to create spatial relationships. These colors are an intuitive combination of chromic neutrals and highly saturated hues. The thickness and thinness of the paint application creates spatial depthness and flatness. With lyrical titles, the paintings become visual poetry. The artwork has its own language and rhythm that mirrors that of a poem. Pauses, repetition, and pacing, used with color and value instead of words, creates a depiction...

BFA in Drawing and Painting from CSU Long Beach

2022 Little by Little, Art Intersection, Gilbert, AZ
2022 Small’s Show, Gallery 46, Baton Rouge, LA
2022 Off the Easel, Ashton Gallery, San Diego, CA
2022 Distant/Memory, Visionary Projects, New York, NY
2022 - 2023 Expressing Nature’s Value, Ellis Hall, Hendrix College, Conway, AR
2022 The Next Big Thing 2022, Studio Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA
2022 Metaverse, Schmetaverse, DOORS.NYC, West Hollywood, CA
2022 Centered on the Center, Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA
2021 BIG, JCO’S Art Haus, Los Gatos, CA
2021 Drawn to Paper, Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
2021 Made in California, Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
2018 Arbor, Flatline Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2018 Art Without Borders, Via G. Leopardi 12, Florence, Italy
2018 Insights, Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum, Long Beach, CA
2018 Everything Must Go, Max L. Gatov Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2018 From Here, Werby Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2018 Displacement, Max L. Gatov Gallery West, Long Beach, CA