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Shannon Bonatakis, “New Life”

Shannon Bonatakis, “New Life” September 18th – October 17th, 2021 Haven Gallery is honored to present US (Colorado) based artist Shannon Bonatakis for her second solo show, “New Life”, at the gallery. “New Life” will feature a collection of paintings and drawings that honor life’s changes in all of its beauty. Themes of transformation, growth, wonder and edification are highlighted through Bonatakis’s symbolic use of butterflies, birds, flora and the cosmos. Her employ of self-portaiture to personally express, yet universally connect others with deeply understood and felt emotions and journeys, strengthens her continual exploration of the human condition. Each portrait beholds and honors acceptance of life in all of its phases, an aide-mémoire that life finds a way and that the beauty of it in memoriam and now, are always a part of you. About the Artist As a painter, Shannon Bonatakis seeks to create emotionally charged visual stories that convey authentic emotional moments. The female form is a consistent focus of her work, largely due to her life experiences growing up in a family of seven sisters and one brother. Her imagery is often autobiographical in some capacity, but is deliberately open for the viewer to find their own story within. Shannon’s pieces live in that weird dreamy space between waking and sleeping, where the melancholy of real life mixes with a dash of magic. Shannon has a particular obsession with storytelling, preferring the fantastical people and pictures from books as a lens to view our reality. She is fascinated by dreams, where the magical and the absurd are commonplace, and draws inspiration from these fleeting glimpses of an alternate reality that comes from within. Shannon has sought to replicate this same sense of fantastical realism from the first time she created art as a child. As an illustrator, Shannon’s work has been featured primarily in children’s publishing and in galleries celebrating beloved pieces of pop-culture. Beside the aesthetic that is unmistakably hers, she also works in a variety of techniques and styles as a freelance commercial illustrator. In this realm she has worked on projects ranging from character design to package illustration, for clients as large as Disney and Mattel. While Shannon enjoys the challenge of nearly all forms of image making, she finds herself beckoned to her easel nightly to paint with absurdly tiny brushes until the sun rises.Shannon learned to focus her love of all things fictional and imaginative while studying illustration and painting at Columbus College of Art & Design. Since then, she has found success as a commercial illustrator while maintaining a career as a painter, and showing in art galleries across the United States. Shannon currently resides in Denver, Colorado with her husband, fellow artist Josh Holland, and their part black lab, part dachshund, part dragon puppy, Enid Coleslaw. Select Clients:Disney, LucasFilm, Disney-Hyperion, Race Point Publishing, Mattel, Hot Topic, Live Nation, Running Press Kids, Hasbro, Hodder Children’s Books, Penguin Books

There are 8 Pieces of Art In This Gallery.    

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How We Grow

Art Details

Artist:	Shannon Bonatakis (Penciller)
Media Type:	Pencil
Art Type:	Illustration
For Sale Status:	For Sale
Views	151
Comments:	0
Added to Site:	9/18/2021

About the Owner

Erica Berkowitz
Member Since:	June 2020

How We Grow
Artist: Shannon Bonatakis (Penciller)
151 Views

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If Only We Had Forever

Art Details

Artist:	Shannon Bonatakis (Penciller)
Media Type:	Pencil
Art Type:	Illustration
For Sale Status:	For Sale
Views	161
Comments:	0
Added to Site:	9/18/2021

About the Owner

Erica Berkowitz
Member Since:	June 2020

If Only We Had Forever
Artist: Shannon Bonatakis (Penciller)
161 Views

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Little Moon

Art Details

Artist:	Shannon Bonatakis (Painter)
Media Type:	Paint - Acrylic
Art Type:	Illustration
For Sale Status:	For Sale
Views	159
Comments:	0
Added to Site:	9/18/2021

About the Owner

Erica Berkowitz
Member Since:	June 2020

Little Moon
Artist: Shannon Bonatakis (Painter)
159 Views

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Metamorphosis

Art Details

Artist:	Shannon Bonatakis (Painter)
Media Type:	Paint - Acrylic
Art Type:	Illustration
For Sale Status:	For Sale
Views	202
Comments:	0
Added to Site:	9/18/2021

About the Owner

Erica Berkowitz
Member Since:	June 2020

Metamorphosis
Artist: Shannon Bonatakis (Painter)
202 Views

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New Life

Art Details

Artist:	Shannon Bonatakis (Painter)
Media Type:	Paint - Acrylic
Art Type:	Illustration
For Sale Status:	For Sale
Views	124
Comments:	0
Added to Site:	9/18/2021

About the Owner

Erica Berkowitz
Member Since:	June 2020

New Life
Artist: Shannon Bonatakis (Painter)
124 Views

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One Day You'll Fly Away

Art Details

Artist:	Shannon Bonatakis (Painter)
Media Type:	Paint - Acrylic
Art Type:	Illustration
For Sale Status:	For Sale
Views	177
Comments:	0
Added to Site:	9/18/2021

About the Owner

Erica Berkowitz
Member Since:	June 2020

One Day You'll Fly Away
Artist: Shannon Bonatakis (Painter)
177 Views

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Over The Rainbow

Art Details

Artist:	Shannon Bonatakis (Painter)
Media Type:	Paint - Acrylic
Art Type:	Illustration
For Sale Status:	For Sale
Views	147
Comments:	0
Added to Site:	9/18/2021

About the Owner

Erica Berkowitz
Member Since:	June 2020

Over The Rainbow
Artist: Shannon Bonatakis (Painter)
147 Views

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Supernova

Art Details

Artist:	Shannon Bonatakis (Painter)
Media Type:	Paint - Acrylic
Art Type:	Illustration
For Sale Status:	For Sale
Views	154
Comments:	0
Added to Site:	9/18/2021

About the Owner

Erica Berkowitz
Member Since:	June 2020

Supernova
Artist: Shannon Bonatakis (Painter)
154 Views

There are 8 Pieces of Art In This Gallery.    

About the Owner Erica Berkowitz Premium Gallery Owner Joined: June 2020 Last Login: August 2025 Website: https://havengallery.com/ Country: UNITED STATES On CAF: Erica's Classifieds Artworks Commented On Liked Art Site Activity on CAF

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