Shaun Macdavid

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, Charlie and Lydia. Shaun enjoys swimming, gardening, cooking and spending time with her family.

1982 BFA from Middle Tennessee State University
1984-1989 Studies in painting and drawing from the Art Institute of Boston, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, and the Art Students League of New York
1992 MFA from the State University of New York at Buffalo

Shaun’s paintings have been represented and exhibited at various galleries including Chase Gallery in Boston, Mark Gallery in Cambridge, MA, Portland Art Gallery in Portland, ME, Hermine Merel Smith Fine Art on Martha’s Vineyard, Pepper Gallery in Boston, Bennett Street Gallery in Atlanta, Stellers Gallery in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, Scott Bundy Gallery in Kennebunkport, ME, Rice/Polak Gallery in Provincetown, MA, and Souterrain Gallery, West Cornwall, CT. Her work can be found in many private and corporate collections across the country, including the collection of Jeb and Columba Bush.