Selected Works

1971 Mercedes AMG 300 (a.k.a. "Red Pig") 48 x 48, Acrylic on Cotton Canvas

1990 Ferrari Testarossa" 30 x 42", Acrylic on Linen Canvas

About Fannin

Born in 1969, California native, Shannon “Shan” Fannin, sets her artistic roots in the culturally affluent southern Texas city of Austin. In the artist’s modest studio, Fannin brings vehicles to life with a combination of photorealism and abstract painting. The artist’s technique is a unique style of combining the use of both her hands and brushes to apply and blend her acrylic paints onto the canvas. In order to control the composition in a way she prefers, Shan paints with her hands in an attempt to soften and “abstract” the surroundings in her backgrounds so that the details of her hyper-realistic paintings retain a “super focus” which in turn, gives the vehicles the dramatic, visual spotlight they deserve. The vehicles become “alive” and seem to take on personalities much in the same manner as portrait painters capture the unique character of their human subjects. Fannin travels far and wide, even internationally, in order to locate rare and exotic vehicles for the ultimate pleasure of her collectors. These travels afford Shannon the luxury of being able to talk with experienced, worldly car owners. Through these owners, Fannin gains colorful knowledge pertaining to each of her subjects which does much to enhance her creative process.

Fannin has had 3 solo exhibitions in Colorado, Florida, and Texas. She has shown in national galleries throughout the United States including exhibitions through National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society, International Guild of Realism, and American Women Artists. In March 2021 she received Best of Show with the International Guild of Realism, and she became a finalist for the Art Renewal Center exhibition, which included almost 5000 entries from over 80 countries. In 2020 Shan was awarded Best Composition in the National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society “Best of America”. She has been published in Korean, Greek, British, and American publications including Motortrend, Poets Artists, American Art Collector, and Fine Art Connoisseur Blog, and Where Women Create. Fannin artworks are currently available through Kristen Campo Fine Art.

Artist Statement: “Vehicles are more than appliances to get us from Point A to B - they are mobile sculptures that reflect our personality. My paintings capture some of that personality with the vehicles from our past, or those we dream of one day driving. The greatest compliment I receive is when my viewer not only appreciates the subject depicted, but happily shares memories/dreams of why the painting speaks personally with them.” ~ Shan Fannin