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Specializing in Narrative Portraits & Conceptual Fine Art



Our memories and experiences, both the welcome and the unwelcome, the "lost" and the "found" seasons - collectively create your unique storyline.  I create imagery that speaks to the story that longs to be understood - be it real, imagined, or somewhere in between.  If you would like to share your "lost-and-found" moments, feel free to leave a comment on my blog.
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Well, hello, and thank you for visiting!
My name is Shana ("Shay-nuh", like "Dana" ;) also known as:  photographer, budding activist artist, mom, wife, sister, auntie, and full-time graduate student pursuing a Master of Arts in Cultural Studies.  I am currently available for collaborative, creative, and philanthropic mixed-media projects in Seattle and surrounding areas.  Looking for professional art to fill your personal or commercial space?  Feel free to either email me (click email icon above) or use the contact form (bottom of page) should you desire something not currently listed - from natural landscapes to product photography, I most likely have it or can create it in a timely manner.  In need of an inspired self-portrait, professional headshot, commercial space images, etc.?  Contact me for a free consultation to discuss your business and/or creative needs.  

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Exhibitions

Student Health Consortium Everybody Every Body Art Gallery, Associated Students of the University of Washington, WA  2015

VIBRATIONS Juried Print Exhibition, Creative Arts Publication, Associated Students of Everett Community College, WA  2013
http://www.everettcc.edu/programs/arts/visual/viscom/vibrations/2013/shana_photo.html

Arts Showcase, White Horse Hall, Everett Community College, Everett, WA  2012

Summer Student Exhibition, Schack Art Center, Everett, WA  2012

Last Call Graduating Student Exhibition, Russell Day Gallery, Everett Community College, Everett, WA  2012

Visions Explored Student Exhibition, Schack Art Center, Everett, WA  2011

Yuletide Juried Show, Huneke Gallery, Spokane Art School, Spokane, WA  2006

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Portfolio

{ skin }

“The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intention.”
- Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman philosopher and consul

{ conceptual }

"I want the viewer to look into my images and see a new world with new rules."
- Brooke Shaden, fine art photographer and author

{ fur }

“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened.”
― Anatole France (1824 - 1924), French poet | journalist | novelist

{ celebration }

“Celebrate who you are in your deepest heart. Love yourself and the world will love you.”
- Amy Leigh Mercree, wellness coach

{ sweet sound }

“The melodious song mesmerized me and cloaked my soul in the most liberating embrace I had never known. The emotion enveloped me, and smothered the emptiness.”
- J.D. Stroube, Caged in Spirit

{ space }

"We need to give each other the space to grow, to be ourselves, to exercise our diversity. We need to give each other space so that we may both give and receive such beautiful things as ideas, openness, dignity, joy, healing, and inclusion."
- Max de Pree, businessman and writer

{ art }

"My work involves the physical manifestation of emotional reality. Thus, the invisible becomes visible; the normal, abnormal; and the familiar, unfamiliar. Ordinary life is an endless source of fascination to me in its ritualistic objects and behavior."
-Sandy Skoglund, conceptual photographer, installation artist, professor

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