Hi, I'm Shelby.
Welcome to my world.
I’m a full-time multidisciplinary artist based in the Pacific Northwest. I specialize in creating luxury customized oil paintings for private collectors and commercial businesses, working closely with each client to transform spaces with highly impactful and personalized art.
From magical realism...
to the super abstract
...and everything in between.
Whether you want modern, neutral and totally abstract, or bold, vibrant and hyper-real,
I can craft the perfect painting or series to dramatically enhance your space.
My background
I graduated magna cum laude with honors from the highly acclaimed Pitzer College in Claremont, California, earning a Bachelor’s degree in Organizational Psychology. This field focuses on understanding the factors behind organizational success and effectiveness, including the role of environments in shaping human behavior.
This analytical foundation informs my artistic approach, enabling me to create art that is both visually compelling and purpose-driven. Whether it’s selecting soothing colors to calm anxious patients in a doctor’s office or designing vibrant, energizing pieces to boost creativity in a workspace, my work leverages psychological principles to transform spaces into environments that fulfill their highest potential.
This fusion of science and art allows me to go beyond aesthetics, crafting experiences that resonate on a deeper, more impactful level.
click through this gallery of my work to get inspired
I use both physical and digital staging techniques to showcase my art
A process like none other.
Art should last forever.
To ensure mine does, I source the highest quality pigments from all corners of the earth. Following the process of Renaissance masters, I mix the pigments by hand into raw linseed oil.
Instead of buying store-bought canvases, I build the reinforced wooden frames myself to a standard that far exceeds the norm. My paintings are built to last many lifetimes.
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Beyond oil painting:
Breaking the boundaries of traditional art.
In addition to oil paintings, I create digital and animated artworks. These often take the form of crypto-art, utilizing emergent technologies to build my universe through art.
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My digital art is as well-crafted as my paintings; each piece is hand-drawn in photoshop with hundreds or thousands of layers of color. Then, many pieces are meticulously animated and perfectly looped to ensure high display quality. The art is then minted on the Ethereum blockchain or inscribed to Bitcoin for maximum permanence.
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Above all else, I am a storyteller; each work is full of hidden and obvious messages, a thread in the tapestry that is my fictional universe called Sunderlands. Each stroke of paint and pen is fueled by my intense passion for world-building, and each piece I create adds another chapter to this post-apocalyptic world where all my art lives.
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If you're interested in a custom artwork utilizing blockchain technology or collaborating on any crypto-related project, don't hesitate to contact me.
