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Lives and works in Cincinnati OH

shanecoppage.art@gmail.com


 EDUCATION

B.A. Fine Arts, Thomas More University, Crestview Hills KY


Professional Experience

2000-2006   freelance illustrator 

2007-2020   sabbatical due to illness 


Current work is bent towards abstraction, with themes of personal identity outside the structure of social and/or interpersonal labels, intuitive creating/creation from the void/unconscious, and the mental/physical distortions of the self due to hidden or perennial physical and psychological trauma. Mediums include sumi ink, acrylics, watercolor, pen, wood ash, collage, herb/plant roots, soot, and walnut stain.