Wendell Shinn

Wendell Shinn

San Francisco, CA, United States

About Wendell Shinn

Though originally a painter, I have long since turned my focus to photography. I was originally focusing on landscapes like these in National Geographic to San Francisco cityscapes featured in San Francisco - A Cabby's View to the more abstract work in Haight Street Reflections.  I am particularly attracted to the spontaneous energy of urban and the multiple layering of window reflections where images are ambiguous, rapidly changing, and reality is skewed.  My recent forays into photomontage or 'compositing' are the natural extension of the constantly shifting window reflections featured promeniently in my most recent shows.  My composites aim to capture the energy of diverse environments in a landscape where Salvador Dali meets Walt Disney.

Education:

Commercial Art, Baylor University, Waco, TX

Events:

Open Studios, SOMA Art, San Francisco, CA, October 2012

Exhibitions:

"Surfaces" Misho Gallery, San Francisco, CA, June 2013
"Mayhem" Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA, May 2013
"Spring" Misho Gallery, San Francisco, CA, April, 2013
"Blues" Misho Gallery, San Francisco, CA, February 2013
"Two Cities, One Spirit" One Man Show, Misho Gallery, Novenber 2012
"Eau + Water" Misho Gallery, San Francisco, CA, August 2012
Swiss Embassy Exhibit, Summer, 2012
"Reflection" Misho Gallery, San Francisco, CA, June, 2012
Portfolio Review in the Still Point Quarterly, October, 2011