Biography for Shonna Nelson

Born October 19th, 1985 in Knoxville Tennessee, she's a natural artist. She's looking for an art manager to help her to the best career possible. Shonna started her career based off of the influence, of her great grand mother was famous Oxford Miss. artist "Ida Bland".

Her newest creation is titled:

"Harlequin Life", it relates to her personally. She has always entertained people through her art, and this picture reflects how she bends backwards, to make people happy. It is a collage is constructed on poster board. The piece is of a black and white Harlequin, pasted on cardboard to give it a 3 dimensional effect!

The mediums and techniques she uses is based on collages (dry media), and Oil painting. Specific Patterns emerge while she is creating. Mostly, it involves the way she rips the paper, to glue it in place. If she is blending a soft effect, she will rip the paper edges round. If she’s blending to have a sharper effect, she will rip the paper edges in an abrupt pull. The sharper effect looks square, some time.

Shonna studied at Fulton High school under Mrs. Judy Vance. Judy helped her receive 1st place in collage, and helped her be exhibited in the Knoxville Museum of Art. She’s also won “many,” awards and competitions. Some to mention are; 1st place in “Keep Knoxville Beautiful,” Dogwood Arts Festival, 2003 not to mention many student art exhibits. And she’s painted over 100 different murals on public, and private houses.

Exhibitions:

1st place Knoxville Museum of Art (collage) & Mural of Marilyn Monroe on "Hollywood Consignment"

Awards:

1st place Knoxville Museum of Art (collage)

1st place Keep Knoxville Beautiful

Achievements:

Getting her work shown in the Knoxville Museum of Art is her biggest achievement. All artists imagine their art being showcased in a Museum at least once in their lives. Her chance came very sudden and unexpected. She was only 18 years old.

♦ARTISTS STATEMENT♦

My "artistic" passion has been passed down from generations through my relative. In the beginning I worked with dry media, pastels, oil pastels, and charcoal. I advanced my skills into more complex art, such as, collage. Now, I am dedicated to enhancing my abilities to construct challenging collage pieces.

I make decisions on each individual painting, based on "emotion". The mood I am in, (when starting a new piece), will reflect through my finished art. When I have an overwhelming since of emotion, I always choose the paper, color, paint, brush, texture, and theme based on my main emotion. The finished piece reflects that main feeling rampantly, on my audience. The more emotion I have makes better art. It's an exhausting, complex process that results in producing the "best" art.

My current work, "Harlequin Life", relates to me personally. I have always entertained people through my art, and this picture reflects how I bend backwards, to make people happy. Specific Patterns emerge while I am creating. Mostly, it involves the way I rip the paper, to glue it in place. If I am blending a soft effect, I rip the paper edges round. If I am blending to have a sharper effect, I will rip the paper edges in an abrupt pull. The sharper effect looks square, some time.