Syracuse, New York based artist Dan Shanahan is inspired to make pictures that blend reality with a cup of fantasy, a pinch of exaggeration, a sprinkle of dreams, and a quart of wonder. He enjoys stories that do the same.
Dan creates most of his illustration with ink, markers, and watercolor. His plain air paintings are painted with watercolor. Dan’s artwork has been exhibited at the Edgewood Gallery, in Syracuse NY, and the Rome Art and Community Center, in Rome NY.
Dan has a degree in Mechanical Engineering that enables him to think outside the box, outside cylindrical shapes like jars and cans, outside any shape or form of tupperware, and even outside the buckyball.
Upcoming Classes:
Plein Air Painting in Onondaga Park (dependent on the weather)
With Syracuse Parks & Recreation
October 12, 2024, 1 – 3 pm
Information and registration on Syracuse Parks and Recreation website
Figures in Watercolor
Part of Open Figure Drawing’s Today’s Studio Artists series
Delavan Studios, room 413
October 19. 2024, 1 – 3 pm
Information and registration on Open Figure Drawing’s website
Introduction to Watercolor Portraits
at the Everson Museum
October 24, 2024, 5 – 7 pm
Information and registration on the Everson Museum’s class listing
Watercolor Portraits
at the Everson Museum
November 7, 2024, 5 – 7 pm
Information and registration on the Everson Museum’s class listing
Current or Upcoming Art Exhibitions:
Confabulations
Over 20 illustrative artworks
Edgewood Gallery, 216 Tecumseh Rd, Syracuse NY
August 16 – September 27, 2024
Reception: Friday, August 16, 2024, 6 – 8 pm
Information at Edgewood Gallery
Past Art Exhibitions:
Art in the Atrium • Syracuse, NY • September 6 – 8, 2024
May Memorial Unitarian Universalist Society • Syracuse, NY • January 3 – 31, 2024
Gandee Gallery • Fabius, NY • September 30 – December 26, 2023
Onondaga Historical Association • Syracuse, NY • May – September 2023
Everson Museum • Syracuse, NY • October – November 2022
Rome Art and Community Center, Rome NY.
