Shawn, Arena Title: The Promise

2026-04-22T15:45:50-04:00

Vendor: May 2026 All Media Juried Exhibition
Type:
Price: 395.00

Arena Shawn

The Promise

8 x 8", framed to 11 x 11"

Oil on Linen Panel

$395

A painting on Easter for me, symbolizing hope

Artist's Statement:

In her pursuit of art, Arena tries to use charcoal, pencil, brush and paints to reflect the quiet lights, subtle colors and playful shapes exhibited by seemingly mundane, everyday subjects. Striving for the emotional quality of every piece she creates, Arena hopes that her work would be able to reach out and connect with their viewers, evoking the sense of wonder and awe of our everyday life that are so often taken as granted.

Her primary working method in drawing involves direct observation from life using traditional sight-size method and aims at achieving a strong impression of light and its cascading effect down the human figure or a particular still-life setup, while in the same time paying special attention to create strong and unified value patterns, specific organic half-tone shapes and incrementally softened edge quality from the center of focus outwards throughout the drawing.