Deborah Shannon - Modern Artist
A formally trained artist; retired art teacher; still making life better with art.
Ohio University BFA
Education
1968-1972
1988
Webster University - Masters Degree Aesthetic Teaching
Webster University - Masters Degree Digital Learning for the Classroom
Awards
2003
National Board Certification
30 years of teaching in Ohio, Massachusetts and Missouri
Artist Workshops
1990
Julie Wiegand, Lyon School Studio, Berger, MO
"Joyfully connecting nature and people through art.”
Carol Carter, St. Louis, MO
"In a good painting, Value does the work and Color gets the credit.”
Billy O’Donnell, St. Louis, MO - Plein Air Oil Painter
“In working plein air, I am excited by the way my visual experience translates into a surface language expressed through the richness of paint.”
Paul Jackson, Columbia, MO - Watercolor
Best selling book, “Painting Spectacular Light Effects”
M. Shawn Cornell, St. Louis, MO - Plein Air Painter
"If you see snow in the painting, it means the artist was standing in snow.
If you see rain in the painting,it means the artist was getting very wet."
Ann Croghan , St. Charles, MO - Acrylic Artist
“I create beautiful, lyrical, abstract paintings by using transparent layers of colors that develop intriguing depth of surface.”
Desmond O’Hagan – Denver, CO - Oil and Pastel Artist
“It’s all about interpreting value and shape in light.”
Amy Eichler, Bentonville, AR - Acrylic Artist
“Start with thin layers of bright colors; you can always grey them down.”