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Elizabeth Shanahan
Painting
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"To grow up in the American Southeast is to grow up in a temporal amalgam, where the past and present are fused and confused, where timeless beauty is all encompassing, where people and places still exist who have forgotten to grow. It’s a place that struggles to bridge the gap between the past and the evils that accompanied it, and the often painful reality of its present. I grew up aware of the way the world lives: striving to move forward, always fighting the same demons.
My art is informed by what is timeless: human emotion, our relationships with one another, and the natural world that surrounds us. Using color and reference to landscape, each of my paintings serves as an emotional self-portrait at the time of its making. In this specificity lies universality: focusing on the most personal moments of my life, I am seeking those moments that all of us, our ancestors, and our descendants will share".
