Rooted in colorful Colorado, Shandy Staab paints derivatively from the life she lives. Immersed in a rich western culture encourages many of Shandy’s pieces to come to fruition. The viewer’s eye is welcomed to sashay through her paintings, resting quietly in the smudgily applied brushwork and rousing through the insightful bits of expressive color that are at the helm. Shandy’s paintings are stories… true stories of not only a romanticized western culture, but a meaningfully, well-lived, real expression of life within that culture. Much of the imagery found in her works mutter an ode of gratefulness to the past with earnest innovations. Her artistic outlook is expanding and ever changing. In the face of an otherwise severed eventuality, Shandy hopes her works inspire a connectivity to something absolute.
Selected Juried Exhibitions:
2024 OPA 33rd National Exhibition, Wichita, KS
2022 OPA 31st National Exhibition, Steamboat Springs, CO
2021, 2020, 2019 Colorado Governor’s Art Show, Loveland, CO
2021 Western Spirit Juried Art Show and Sale, CFD Old West Museum, Cheyenne, WY
2021 Vandewark Miniature Show, CFD Old West Museum, Cheyenne, WY
2021 Colorado Draws, Spark Gallery, Denver, CO
Selected Invitational Exhibitions:
2024, 2023, 2022 Resonance Invitational, A.R. Mitchel Museum, Trinidad, CO.
Auctions:
2024 The Russell, CM Russell Museum, Great Falls, MT
2023 Charlie’s March Roundup, CM Russell Museum, Great Falls, MT
2021 Colorado Governor’s Plein Air Event and Auction, Loveland, CO
2020 Colorado Preservation Conference Silent Auction, Denver, CO
2019 Colorado Governor’s Plein Air Event and Auction, Rialto Theatre, Loveland, CO
Selected Juried Online Show:
2023 Almenara Art Prize Exhibition (4 pieces accepted)
2020 NOAPS Fall Online International Juried Exhibition
2020 92nd Grand National Exhibition AAPL
2020 Summer 2020 Jured Online Showcase, OPA
Selected Awards and Other Accolades:
2023 2nd Place BoldBrush Painting Competition
2022 Honorable Mention BoldBrush Painting Competition
2021 Finalist BoldBrush Painting Competition
2020 Audubon Artist’s Inc Award, Grand National AAPL
2020 Honorable Mention Summer Showcase OPA
Selected Publications:
2023 Feb/Mar Southwest Art Magazine, Editor’s Choice Artists to Watch “Guiding the Reins”
2020 Summer/Fall Percheron New Magazine, Full 5 page spread Exclusive Feature, “A Passion for Percherons, In Life and On Canvas”
2020 Southwest Art Magazine, Editor’s Selection, Colorado Creativity: 11 Painters to Collect
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2020 Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine, Equestrian Portfolio
2019 Salann Magazine, 2nd Edition