Next big event; featured artist at DragonFire Gallery as part of Cannon Beach's popular Spring Unveiling, May 2-4, 2025
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
DragonFire Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR
Art on the Boulevard, Vancouver, WA
Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, Bainbridge, WA
Alki Arts Gallery, West Seattle
Silver Heron Gallery, Depoe Bay, WA
Red Sky Gallery, Lake Forest Park, WA
Joanne Shellan Art Talk 8 23 - YouTube
I’m a painter because there is no other medium of expression that so fully turns me on. Thick paint placed with purpose in one gestural stroke makes my heart sing. My senses tingle at sights I see every day; light breaking into a coffee shop or shadows pouring down a busy city street. I want to stop the world from spinning for a moment and capture those scenes in paint. Four edges of a canvas containing shapes that make a strong design gives me intense pleasure as does the challenge of continually trying to learn more about how to make good paintings.
As an extrovert, I tend to invite people into my paintings. As a colorist, I tend to use saturated colors not seen in real life. I want my representational paintings to evoke energy in an impressionist style. Being from the Pacific Northwest, my paintings often reflect the area.
My dad and grandmother painted which made it seem like a thing regular people could do.. Though I always felt confident and at home making art, I didn’t learn to paint properly until I was 40 when my second child was in preschool. I took a watercolor class and fell in love. Moving from watercolor to oils to acrylics was the final step. I had found my medium and it was like coming home.
My paintings have won dozens of awards and have been featured in many solo as well as group shows. My work was featured in the Governor’s Mansion in Olympia, the Museum of History and Industry, Evergreen Hospital, Strom Jewish Community Center and is represented by several fine art galleries.
AWARDS and SHOWS by YEAR
2024
Group show, "Rise Above" at Alki Arts, Oct 2024
Group show, "Reunion" at Alki Arts, Feb 2024
Four Person Show, Voyages, Alki Arts, May 2024
Parklane Gallery guest artist, Feb 2024
DragonFire Gallery, Figurative show Spring Unveiling 2024
Bainbridge Arts & Crafts Artist Sale, Feb 17-25
2023
DragonFire Gallery Spring Unveiling Show, Cannon Beach, WA
Edmonds Arts Fair Juried Art Show, Edmonds, WA
Bainbridge Arts and Crafts Show, Bainbridge, WA
2022
Schack Arts Center, Art of the Garden Show, Everett, WA
Edmonds Arts Festival Juried Art Show, Honorable Mention, Edmonds, WA
Art on the Boulevard Two Person Show, Sept/Oct, "Discovery", Vancouver, WA
Museum of Northwest Art, painting accepted into 2022 auction
2021
Edmonds Arts Festival Juried Art Show, Edmonds, WA
Group Show DragonFire Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR
Icon Juried Show, Lynn Hansen Gallery, Seattle, WA
Gilded Gallery Fall show, Camano Island, WA
2020
Red Sky Gallery Solo Show, September
EAFA Juried Show Honorable Mention
Anacortes Art Juried Show
Schack Arts Center Fall Show
Museum of Northwest Art Auction
Around the Square Juried Show, Studio 103 Gallery, Seattle
2019
Edmonds Juried Art Show
2018
American Impressionist Society Small Works Juried Show
Juror of paintings, drawing and miniatures of Arts of the Terrace 40th Juried Art Show
Plein Air of Washington Assoc. Little Gems Show
Edmonds Juried Art Show
Kenmore Juried Art Show Honorable Mention
2017
American Impressionist Society Small Works Juried Show 2017
American Impressionist Society National Fall Show 2017
Scott Milo Gallery Group Show 2017
2016
Icon Show 2016, Lynn Hanson Gallery, Seattle, WA- People's Choice Award
Grand Prix of Art Delta, BC- Grand Prize First Place
Plein Air & More- Cannon Beach, OR- Honorable Mention for Body of Work
Literary Lions, King County Library Foundation, uses Shellan painting for all its marketing materials for the Gala Event
Plein Air of Washington Juried Show, American Art Gallery, Tacoma, WA
2015
Kenmore Art Show
2014
Edmonds Arts Festival 2014 - Second Place Award
Kenmore Arts Show 2014- 1st Place Award
2013
Fountainhead Gallery Solo show
Salon International, Greenhouse Gallery, TX
Evergreen Hospital Solo Exhibit Kirkland, WA 2009 & 2013
2012
Governor's Mansion Solo Show, Olympia, WA
Django fest Art Show Honorable Mention, Langley, WA
Gallery North- 1st Place Award Miniature Show
State of the Arts Gallery 2 Person Show
MEDIA
https://1150kknw.com/archives/artbeat-northwest/ check out my radio interview with Pat Pauley on her program, Art Beat, April 2018
Link to article in Mercer Island Reporter, Aug. 2015
Link to TV interview; Here is the link to the Currently Kirkland Episode. http://youtu.be/QEPnF7dBCdU The story starts at :29 seconds
You Tube interview about the Fish Frolic https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnIbwGPpUbconuZDgjgkk5Q
Joanne Shellan Fine Art Face Book Fan Page Literary Lions Guild - JShellan image used in all promotions materials for 2016 Gala Event
August Mercer Island Reporter - article about JShellan painting
https://blog.nwfineartprinting.com/blog/2017/10/25/art-stories-joanne-shellan/ Northwest Fine Art Printing featured me on their blog, 10-2017 Link to tv interview; Here is the link to the Currently Kirkland Episode. http://youtu.be/QEPnF7dBCdU
The story starts at :29 seconds.
And one more You Tube interview about the Fish Frolic; https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnIbwGPpUbconuZDgjgkk5Q
Press Release for Governor's Mansion Show
Article about Joanne, January 2012, Kirkland Patch
2nd Article about Joanne, May 2012, Kirkland Patch
Article about Joanne's Studio, May 2012, Studio Snapshots Blog
Joanne Shellan Fine Art Facebook and Instagram
Read interview with Shellan in the Kirkland Arts Center April newsletter
