Winter at Kresge
33" x 58", oil on canvas
Auditorium Lobby
36" x 48", oil on canvas
Blue Lobby
12" x 12", oil on board
Interconnectedness
20" x 20", oil on canvas, thirty-two 4" x 4" panels
Each panel painted twice; sixteen individual paintings and one composite piece in private collections
Waiting III
25" x 30", oil paint, marble dust, rubber cement on canvas
The Talk III
40" x 48", oil on canvas
The Talk IV
24" x 26", oil on canvas
Lula
8" x 13", oil on burlap
Thelma
14" x 12", oil on board
The Talk II
72" x 60", oil on canvas
Waiting
46" x 40", oil on canvas
Silence XX
25" x 32", oil on board
Silence XXV
40" x 61", housepaint, charcoal, oil on tablecloth
Silence XXIV
66" x 60", oil on bedsheet
The Talk XXVI
18" x 22", oil on board
Silence XXVI
18" x 22", oil on board
Figure Study
24" x 18", oil on canvas
Figure Study
24" x 20", oil on canvas
Figure Study
18" x 24", oil on canvas
Figure Study
24" x 20", oil on canvas
Stunt Double III
22" x 28", oil on canvas
Jealousy (Thelma and Harriet)
22" x 28", oil on canvas
Judy and Matisse - Still Life with Geraniums
10.5" x 19", oil on board
Judy and David and Hartung
10.5" x 19", oil on board
The Slea Head Drive, County Kerry, Ireland
10" x 8", acrylic on paper
Miggy
10" x 12", oil on canvas
Tulip
7" x 5", oil on board
Angelic Orders
10" x 8", oil on board
Peddlar's Lake, County Kerry, Ireland
8" x 10", acrylic on paper
Coastal Landscape, County Kerry, Ireland
10" x 8", oil on board
Lelah's Garden
18" x 26", oil on canvas
Sisters
11" x 14", oil on canvas
Helen
11" x 14", oil on canvas
Tiger and Cleo
14" x 11", oil on canvas
Awakening
11" x 14", oil on canvas
Trees
8" x 10", acrylic on canvas
Flowers
5" x 7", acrylic on canvas
Dream Landscape
25" x 19", pastel on paper
Vision for the Insomniac
24" x 18", charcoal on paper
Still Life
8" x 8", pencil on paper
Drunk, She Slept in Her Clothes
18" x 24", colored pencil on paper
Speak My Language
24" x 18", pastel on paper
I Can Hear You Pacing
24" x 20", gouache, pastel, charcoal on paper
Had He Married Her Red Hair?
15" x 14", pastel on paper
Self-Portrait in Degas' Dancers, Pink and Green
20" x 17", pastel on paper
Energies
18" x 18", pastel on paper
Stop, Watch!
11" x 14", colored pencil, acrylic, ink, crayon on paper
Her Stockings are Torn but She is Beautiful
10" x 8", charcoal on paper
Self-Portrait
24" x 18", charcoal on paper
Self-Portrait as a Michelangelo Figure Study
7" x 5.5", ink and colored pencil on paper
Karst Landscape
11.5" x 17.5", lithograph
Neck I
10" x 8", charcoal on paper
Neck II
10" x 9", charcoal on paper
Neck III
10" x 8", charcoal on paper
Mirror
11" x 15", charcoal, ink on paper
Leaving VI
12" x 15", charcoal, ink on paper
Biography
Shawn Dubay is an artist born in Michigan who has lived in Illinois since 1995. She received a B.A. from Michigan State University and a M.F.A. from the University of Chicago. She has taught at art centers, colleges and universities in Chicago, and now makes and sells art full-time.
In addition to creating figural and landscape art, she also makes narrative work. Her art is often influenced by the poetry of her favorite writers, including Adrienne Rich, Marge Piercy and A. Poulin, Jr.
She resides in Chicago, Illinois, with her husband and their two cats.
Shawn accepts commissions for representational or abstract portraits, pet portraits, still lifes and landscapes. Contact information is below.
Education
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Master of Fine Arts, Painting • 1998
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Arts, Studio Art • 1995
Contact
Commissions are $4 per square inch; 8" x 10" minimum recommended. Custom dimensions are welcome and I work from emailed photos and images. If you would like to learn more about commissioning new art or check the availability of an original, please email or click here.