Shawny Green Art Studio

Shawny Green Art Studio I am an independent artist exploring human experiences and perspectives through art and its creation.

04/09/2026

When the storm is inside your head.
Spiraling, anxious and overwhelmed.

I’ve started to notice that we don’t actually experience events directly.

We experience the stories our minds create about them.

Sometimes these stories spiral our thoughts into an inner storm.

This piece explores the moment when you realize you can observe the storm instead of being carried by it. And in observing you open yourself to infinite possibilities to respond.

Taking responsibility for our thoughts, does not mean blaming or punishing—it is simply our ‘ability to respond.’

We are free when we are intentional with our focus, attention and actions.

The story is in the details…Our experiences are formed through the stories we tell ourselves about them. But when the st...
04/08/2026

The story is in the details…

Our experiences are formed through the stories we tell ourselves about them. But when the stories start to spiral, our minds can feel anxious and depressed.

“Ripples of the Mind” started as a way of expressing what it feels like when thoughts are overwhelming.

When I look closely at the piece now, I notice something else — moments of stillness inside the chaos.

Little pauses between the waves.

Maybe our minds are like that too.

Storms on the surface, and somewhere beneath them, a quieter place observing it all.

This one started as nothing.Just lines on paper.And then it slowly turned into something.I like letting pieces unfold li...
03/24/2026

This one started as nothing.

Just lines on paper.

And then it slowly turned into something.

I like letting pieces unfold like this —
no pressure, no expectations.

Just following the rhythm of the line.

This was my first large-scale painting — and I painted it in three days.It came through in one of those rare waves of in...
03/23/2026

This was my first large-scale painting — and I painted it in three days.

It came through in one of those rare waves of inspiration where you stop thinking and just follow it.

At the time, I was living like a nomad.
Dancing, traveling, moving from place to place.

But something was starting to shift.

I painted this in New York, right at the beginning of my decision to stay — to build a life here, centered around painting and tango.

It was also a commissioned piece, and the beginning of a really meaningful friendship with the person who asked me to create it.

Looking back, this painting feels like a threshold.

A moment between two versions of my life.

Before things became more rooted.
Before I chose to commit more deeply to this path.

Some pieces aren’t just paintings.

They’re markers of who you were becoming.

This painting matters to me because it’s the one that made everything click.It was one of my first oil paintings where I...
03/18/2026

This painting matters to me because it’s the one that made everything click.

It was one of my first oil paintings where I truly fell in love with the process.

I painted it while studying at the and I remember becoming completely absorbed in it — learning how light moves, how color shifts between warm and cool, and how a face can hold so much emotion without saying anything at all.

But what really draws me to portraiture goes back much further.

When I was younger, people would open up to me in unexpected ways.
Strangers, adults — they would share their stories with me, sometimes deeply personal ones.

And I always felt honored by that.

Like I was being trusted with something important.

I think that’s why I love painting people. So much can be told in an instant captured in a portrait.

Portraits feel like a way of holding someone’s story — not just how they look, but something about who they are, what they’ve lived, what they carry.

This piece was the beginning of that realization for me.

Heavy moment.I painted this during a really difficult time in my life.There was a lot happening inside me — sadness, con...
03/14/2026

Heavy moment.
I painted this during a really difficult time in my life.

There was a lot happening inside me — sadness, confusion, overwhelm — and I didn’t know where to put those feelings.

So I put them on canvas.

The swirling marks around the portrait feel like the storm inside my mind at the time.

But the bright background is intentional.

Because even when we’re hurting, life keeps moving around us.

Color. Noise. Energy.

We can feel everything at once.

I think art can hold those contradictions.

This piece reminds me that emotions don’t have to be hidden or fixed immediately.

Sometimes they just need space to exist.

And when we allow that, something honest can emerge from it.

Friday the 13th felt like the right day to share these.Sometimes art is serious.And sometimes… it’s just painted pumpkin...
03/14/2026

Friday the 13th felt like the right day to share these.

Sometimes art is serious.

And sometimes… it’s just painted pumpkins.

Play is a big part of how I recharge.
When I let myself experiment without expectations, new ideas usually show up later in the studio.

A little reminder that art doesn’t always have to be deep.

Sometimes it can just be fun.

Naturally, I’m drawn to smaller, more intimate settings.When I’m around large groups, I often find myself stepping back ...
03/12/2026

Naturally, I’m drawn to smaller, more intimate settings.

When I’m around large groups, I often find myself stepping back to observe and recharge my social battery.

Sketching has become my way of doing that.

It lets me withdraw just enough to watch what’s happening around me without needing to interact directly — giving me space to recenter.

For me, play is how I recharge.

Art is play.

And maybe life is too.

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