Mb Shaw

Born in 1960 in Cincinnati, OH. In 2000, I left a career in the insurance industry to pursue my creative interests. I was immediately drawn to the freedom of 2 dimensional mixed media. I lived in San Francisco for awhile and was inspired by the intense urban energy juxtaposed on a backdrop of such natural beauty. I currently live in Wildwood, MO.For the last 2 years I have been doing outdoor art fairs, traveling around the Midwest and Southern US. All types of paint excite me and I love to push the limit with new media. Right now I am working with encaustic, painting with wax and oil sticks. Perhaps I am a little bit of a pyro because I adore the torch. I am challenged by a lack of control and the development and destruction of line. I admire the work of Jasper Johns, Frank Gehry and JMW Turner.

I attended UC Berkeley Extension (SF) and studied Collage and Drawing. I also have a BA in Public Relations and Journalism but am primarily self taught as an artist. Some shows from 2006:Fall Group show, PS Gallery, Columbia, MOPlaza Art Fair, Kansas City, MODes Moines Arts Festival, Des Moines, IAMetris Uptown Art Fair, Minneapolis, MN48th Annual Art Fair on the Square, Madison, WI19th Annual Art Fair at Laumeier, St. Louis, MOBoca Raton Museum of Art Festival, Boca Raton, FL Human Artefakts, invitational exhibit traveling to Lemont, IL; Bremen Germany; Hamilton, New ZealandVenus Envy, juried exhibition, St. Louis, MO ,