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Patience is Beautiful

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Self Portrait ~ Casey Shannon and Service Dog, Gabe

Casey Shannon BFA, MS

Artist and Instructor

Artist Biography

I am a contemporary Sumi-e artist reaching beyond the limits of traditional ink painting.
 
Thank you for visiting my website. Creating and building this site has been a labor of passion and joy for me. So now, I'd like to tell you a little bit about my path as an artist and instructor.

My artistic journey began, like many artists, in grammar school and continued through high school. I seemed to be happiest and closest to my spirit with pen and brush in my hand. After graduating high school, I found myself enrolled in Chouinard Art Institute in downtown Los Angeles, which is now California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, CA. In Art College, I bloomed as an artist learning techniques and then learning to break all the rules, eventually beginning to develop my own style.
 
I graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Art (BFA) degree. I was a fashion designer in the garment district in downtown LA for a short while. I even owned and operated a small boutique in North Hollywood. I soon realized this was not the career for me. I returned to college and went to California State University, Los Angeles and earned my Teaching Credential. I taught art in public high school in Santa Ana for over 10 years. I had found my calling. My teaching specialty was drawing and painting. Students enjoyed my art classes and frequently won local art contests. During this time, I was a free lance artist exhibiting and selling my artwork locally along the Southern California coast.

You never really know what life has in store for you. Several years ago, I encountered an event that would change my life forever. I experienced a massive brain-stem stroke four days after my 36th birthday. In an instant, I was paralyzed. I could not breathe, speak, walk, and I lost the use of my dominant right hand. Needless to explain, this was very devastating and the prognosis for my recovery was bleak. I worked very hard in rehabilitation (years actually) and eventually learned to talk again and walk with the assistance of my service dog, Gabe.
 
However, I did not recover the use of my dominant right arm and hand. So, I taught myself to draw with my left hand and used this activity and my drawings as an integral part of my stroke recovery. As soon as I could sit up in a wheel chair, I began drawing with a vengeance. I just intuitively knew art would save my life. There is something about the creative process that is absolute healing. I knew this deep inside myself.

I eventually recovered enough to head back to college attending California State University, Long Beach. I earned a Master of Science (MS) in Counseling and shortly after graduation moved to Santa Cruz, CA., where I began teaching and counseling at Cabrillo College in Aptos. Nineteen years later, I am still teaching at Cabrillo College and loving every minute of it. However, I no longer live in Santa Cruz. I have moved to the beautiful and majestic Carmel Valley.

Carmel Valley is a magical place and is very inspiring to the artist's eye. I have been so at peace here nestled under the Oak Trees. I enjoy watching the many Carmel Valley critters and birds in their daily activities. There is a time of day, just at dusk, when the valley mountains, turn shades of purple colors that are unbelievably spectacular. Carmel Valley is a perfect spot for any artist to live and create. Hence, the creation and development of Casey Shannon Studio.

Click Here to read about the my amazing journey of healing through the creative process and my Victory over Stroke.

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Graduate HCI Team Casey and Gabe ~ Click pix to see a slide show of graduate teams. You'll cry!

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Member Sumi-e Society of America

Giclee Reproductions and Cards available here.

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Working at Cabrillo College

Casey Shannon and Service Dog, Gabe

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Just the two of us!

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Regal Angel Gabriel

Partial List of Artistic Accomplishments

Southern California
Walt Disney Studios, Burbank
Exhibit

1st Place Watercolor-Professional Division
Manhattan Beach Art Association

Orange County Art Educators Association
Workshop Presenter and Exhibit

Huntington Beach Art Association
Exhibit

California State University, Long Beach
One Woman Exhibit-Art Gallery

Northern California
Cabrillo College Stroke Center, Santa Cruz
One Woman Exhibit-Pre and Post Stroke Art

Open Studios, Santa Cruz
Studio Exhibit

Santa Cruz Art League
Exhibit

ARTitude Workshops,
Santa Cruz, San Jose, Modesto
Designer, Creator, and Presenter

Lauryn Taylor Fine Art Gallery,
Carmel-by-the-Sea
Exhibit

Napa Valley Art Museum
Exhibit


Here are a few links you may be interested in visiting.

Wonderful items on this website for yourself or to give as unique and thoughtful gifts. Calendars, journals, t-shirts, cards, magnets, and more......Casey Studio Gifts

Lot's of interesting stuff on this website. Sumi-e information, 'how to' videos, and loads of resources. Sumi-e Art Lens

Interested in taking a transferrable online class?
Click Here for my Cabrillo College Homepage.

Have you or someone you know had a stroke? Need assistance? Love is spoken here!
Click Here for Cabrillo College Stroke and Disability Center.

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Order from Amazon. Click the photo.

This is a great reference. It is a book for stroke survivors, their friends and family, their caregivers, and health care professionals. This book has many contributors. I wrote a chapter in this book called, 'Aha, There is a Reason'. My chapter starts on page 161. You can read an excerpt of my contribution by Clicking Here

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Hawaii Canines for Independence

Click Here to learn more about my Service Dog Gabe and his wonderful trainers.

Click Here  for Elegant original Sumi-e paintings by accomplished Carmel artist Casey Shannon reproduced on art prints and cards using high quality UV matte paper and the finest bright color inks.

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Star of Excellence Design Art Award

Click Here to visit my Sumi-e Art Blog.

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Casey Shannon - Carmel Valley, CA - USA
 
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316 Mid Valley Center  #220
Carmel, CA 93923

 

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