Artist: Arena Shawn
Medium: oil on Linen
Titles: Memories of Summers to Come I, Memories of Summers to Come II, Memories of Summers to Come III, Memories of Summers to Come IV, Memories of Summers to Come V, Memories of Summers to Come VI, Memories of Summers to Come, VIIMemories of Summers to Come VIII, Memories of Summers to Come IX, Memories of Summers to Come X
About the Artist: Arena Shawn was a science major and obtained a Ph.D. in Physics in 2008 from Purdue University. However, alongside science she has always had a passion for art. After coming to United States for graduate school, Arena took the opportunity to attend many art classes and painting workshops around the country with nationally-renowned instructors. Eventually, her calling to art has led her to leave her engineering job in Silicon Valley, and begin a study of classical drawing and painting methods following the 19th-century French academic lineage in the Golden Gate Atelier in Oakland, CA. It is there that she studied traditional life drawing, painting, and sculpture with great emphasis on in-depth study and classical techniques and the joy of working in a direct observational style in nature.
