Shanna Kunz

As a contemporary landscape painter, my work is a conscious play of mood, light and color, but as a naturalist raised and rooted in the diverse landscapes of western America, a painting means more than that to me. Each location is an encounter with the land, the trees, and the waters that have always given me a sense of connection and order. When a location intrigues and inspires me, I will paint the scene into a series using a range of keys or themes, experimenting and searching to learn more about the natural threads that tie the landscape together with complexity, subtlety and⎯more importantly⎯balance. I look for new ways to express spatial relationships and distance with layers of paint, brushwork, gradations, and diffusion of light. Hopefully, my study of the landscape will bring me somewhat closer to an honest translation⎯of both soul and land⎯as I push color and value into new compositions and continue a lifelong effort to communicate the emotional connection I feel with my environment. 

Gallery Representation

• Mockingbird Gallery, Bend, OR 860 NW Wall St., Ste 100 541-388-2107
• Montgomery Lee Fine Art, Park City, UT 608 Main Street 435-655-3264
• Turner Fine Art, Jackson WY 545 N. Cache St. 307-734-4444
• Kneeland Gallery, Ketchum, ID 271 First Avenue 208.726.5512
• Illume Gallery, St. George, UT 173 N Main St. 435-688-9670
• A. Banks Fine Art, Bozeman, MT 127 E. Main 406-586-1000

www.shannakunz.com/

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Affiliations

• Oil Painters Of America
• American Impressionists Society, Signature Member 2020
• California Art Club

Featured Articles

• Art Of The West, Feature article March 2020
• Western Art Collector, 2019
• Southwest Art Magazine, Feature article Feb. 2018
• Western Art & Architecture, Ones to Watch Oct/Nov 2017
• Western Art Collector - article 2018
• Plein Air Magazine - Feature Article, December 2016
• Outdoor Painter, August 2016
• Fine Art Tips of the Masters, North Light Publication
• Southwest Art Magazine - May, 2013 article
• American Art Collector - April, 2013 article
• Western Art Collector - May 2012 article
• Southwest Art Magazine - August 2010 feature article, A Tireless Pursuit
• Western Art Collector - August 2010 article, December 2010
• Western Art Collector – December 2009 feature article
• American Art Collector – September 2009 article
• Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine – Painting Nature Now, October, 2007
• American Artist Magazine - June 2007 , Feature 14 page article
• Western Art Magazine – Premier Issue 2007
• Artist to Watch – October Issue 2003, Southwest Art Magazine

Juried Awards & Shows

• Hockaday Museum, A Timeless Legacy 2019 Best in Show Body Of Work, 2020
• Mockingbird Gallery, Two Person Show, May 2018, 2020
• Oil Painters Of American, National Exhibit 2019
• Favell Art Museum Invitational, 2018
• American Impressionist Society Exhibit/member 2016-19, panel member
• Settlers West Gallery 2017, 2019 American Miniatures Invitation
• Coeur D’Alene Art Gallery Miniatures By The Lake, 2017-2019
• Zion National Park Plein Air Invitational 2017, 2018
• Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painter Art for the Parks 2016, 2017 Best In Show
• Olmsted Plein Air Exhibit & Sale, Atlanta, GA 2017
• Maynard Dixon Country, Exhibit and Symposium Panel 2018
• Plein Air Magazine Salon, Third Place Overall 2015 April/May
• C. M. Russell Auction and Sale, Great Falls, MT March 2015
• Maynard Dixon Camp Out, Mt. Carmel, UT May 2015, 2016
• National Stock Show - Coors Show Club Artist 2014
• Mountain Song Gallery - Carmel, CA - Powered by Nature Invitational - Apr 2013
• Western Masters Invitational - Mar 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
• Sedona Plein Air Invitational 2013
• Art in Embassy Exhibit, Kuwait
• Scottsdale Salon of Fine Art – April 2011, April 2012
• Maynard Dixon Country Invitational 2010 – Guest Artist
• Jackson Wildlife Museum Western Visions Miniature Show 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
• Raymar Art Competition Finalist Dec 2010, Mar 2011
• Mountain Trails Gallery, Park City – Solo Exhibit Dec. 2009, 2010, 2011
• Kneeland Gallery, - Three Person Gallery Show 2010 - 2018
• Oil Painters of America Western Regional Exhibit 2009
• Paint the Parks Exhibition and Competition 2009
• Contemporary Art of the American West Invitational, Palm Springs, 2008
• Jackson Fall Arts Festival Quickdraw Participant 2007, 2008, 2009
• Artists of the New Century, Bennington Ctr for Arts – Fine Art Connoiseur Award 2006
• Meyer Gallery, Park City, UT – Two person exhibit, February 2007, 2008
• Kneeland Gallery, Ketchum, ID Plein Air Exhibit August,2004 - 2013
• Mountain Trails Gallery, Palm Desert, CA – Solo Exhibit 2006
• Meyer Gallery, Park City, UT - Solo Exhibit, February 2005, 2006, 2007
• Kneeland Gallery – Three Person Show, March 2005, 2006
• Tucker Gallery, Chicago, IL – Two Person Exhibit, April 2005, 2006
• Meyer Gallery, Jackson, WY – Solo Exhibit, July 2004, 2005
• Kneeland Gallery – Plein Air Invitational Show, August 2004, 2005, 2006
• Meyer Gallery, Scottsdale AZ – The Color of Mood, Invitational Exhibit, May 2004
• Principle Gallery, Alexandria VA – Two Person Show, April 2004
• Meyer Gallery, Park City, UT – Two Person Show, Feb. 2004
• Kneeland Gallery – Three Person Show, Feb. 2004
• Meyer Gallery, Jackson, WY – Two Person Show, 2003, 2004
• Howard/Mandville 13th Annual Miniature Show, November, 2003 - Kirkland, WA
• Meyer Gallery, Park City, UT – Two Person Show, December 2002