Brief Resume

    Education

    BFA Studio Art,  BA Mathematics  -  University of Colorado, Boulder

    Cleveland Inst of Art  -  Merit Scholarship Lacoste, France

    MA Architecture  -  Sci-Arc and SFIA

    Workshops with Rod Goebel, and David Barbero  -  Taos New Mexico

    Secondary Teaching Credential, Math  -  San Francisco State University

    Affiliation

    Print Arts Northwest, Portland OR

    Bite Studio, Portland OR

    Shows:

    Group Show, etchings, Lacoste France  

    Austing-Wilder Gallery, Taos NM  -  1991-1993

    Taos Art Festival - Juried exhibition

    Thirty!  Om Tradition Arts, Portland OR  -  December 2007

    Bite Studio Group Show, Portland OR  -  December 2007, January 2008

    Love In Print (co-organizer), Bite Studio, Portland OR  -  February 2008

    Love Show, Launchpad Gallery, Portland OR  -  February 2008

    Stories, Bite Studio (2-person show), Portland OR  - March 2008

    CAP Auction, Portland OR  - April 2008

    Buckman Art Show/Sell, Portland OR  - April 2008

    Bamboo Grove Salon, Group Show, Portland OR  - April 2008

    Artemis Cafe, Portland OR  - May 2008

    Panoply, Group Show, Bite Studio, Portland OR  - June 2008

    New Members Show, Print Arts Northwest, Portland OR  - June 2008
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 Shawn Demarest
    Artist Statement 2008


    Landscape Painting:   Painting offers me the chance to quietly take in my
    surroundings,  –  paying homage to nature, the Willamette river, or a city
    street.  I paint my oil landscapes on site and generally complete them in one
    session.  At times the paintings seem to paint themselves - and are completed
    quickly - other times I find myself on a long expedition that lasts for hours.

    Etching:  When I was studying art in my twenties, I had the opportunity to try
    etching.  I found that figures, images, places seemed to come to life without
    me thinking before hand what I would be drawing.  It was fun.  It still is fun.  
    I'm fond of the open bite technique, and use aquatint, drypoint, etching, and
    monoprint techniques as needed.  Currently, I work out of Bite Studio in
    Portland, OR.  

    Acrylic Painting:   Acrylic works for me as a tool not unlike my etched
    drawings – but with the added interest of colors, texture, and layers.  My
    acrylic paintings are also pulled from my imagination and are generally not
    planned.  Figures show themselves, and I strive to listen.  Lately I have also
    painted memories of Portland cityscapes.