To say I have struggled with what to put at the top of this blog from the huge catalogue of art available from Shano is a massive understatement.

I am delighted and honoured to be have been given permission by renowned artist Shano to profile her art in this blog and now my biggest challenge is going to be how to stop myself from creating a blog entry that is about 100 scrolls deep, rammed to the rafters with Shano delights. Plus to try and retain some dignity whilst I rant on about how great she is…..

I chose this one above simply because it looks a tad like me (yeah, I wish!) ….the main resemblence being the wine glass and phone…yabbering away for an hour at a time to my sister, neither of us taking a breath and constantly interrupting one another.

I’ve followed the work of Shano for about five/six years now. A long time ago when I first started my journey into the world of business and design I stumbled upon Shanos work, a much smaller gallery at this point, and was immediately enthralled. I remain equally enthralled today and I haven’t yet in this time come across anything as original and striking as Shano’s creations.

Shano says; “In the year 2000, out of necessity, I decided to paint for a living. It was a rocky start and I had difficulty finding my niche and personal style.”

Well that explains the smaller portfolio I saw when I first happened upon the world of Shano…she had only been in operation a year or two when I first found her website.

Some of Shano’s earliest works featured the cat women and the Divas you see below…I’m not sure it this exact catwoman is one of her first though….an old woman’s memory and all…;)

Shanos work was the first art of this style and standard I had ever seen and I was immediately transfixed by this ‘pop art style’ – Shano is definitely one of my earliest and most profound influences and I can only dream of ever reaching this level of talent.

You will be delighted to know that you can purchase Shano art in print and original art format on her website.

You can also buy it on tote bags, note cards, handbags and purses, and more…

I will leave you with some more of my favourite pieces:

and finally (yes, I will shut up now I promise)….I do believe this is one of the very very early pieces. Lets call it retro shall we

Amanda

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