Shawny Green Art Studio

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

08/18/2026

This drawing was kind of an accident.

I was experimenting with ink one night and got into this total flow state where I stopped thinking so much about what I was doing.

Normally my pen and ink drawings are really slow. I can spend hours making tiny lines and details, but this night I was working really quickly—splatters, big marks, letting the ink drip, looking at whatever happened on the page and responding to it.

I wasn’t really planning ahead. I would make a mark, look at it, and let that give me an idea for the next one.

By the end of the night I was covered in ink 😂

And this is what came out of it.

It felt really different from anything I’d made before. There was so much more movement in it. It was loose and weird and a little chaotic, and I loved it.

And then other people really liked it too.

I didn’t immediately decide to turn it into a series. But a few months later I came back to it and thought, okay…what else can I do with this?

I made 16 more.

So this random night of playing with ink ended up creating an entirely new series and a style I probably never would have found if I’d been thinking too hard about what I was trying to make.

This was the first Dancing Skeleton. And it’s still one of my favorites.

Also—you can actually buy this one 😂

Prints are available in 8×10, 12×16, 16×20 and 18×24 in my Etsy shop.

You can find this print in my Etsy shop here:
https://inklingofgreatness.etsy.com/listing/1842605156

Or DM me and I’ll send it to you!

Look deeper. Sometimes we fold inwards because we’ve spent too long reacting to everything around us. I’ve noticed that ...
08/03/2026

Look deeper.

Sometimes we fold inwards because we’ve spent too long reacting to everything around us.

I’ve noticed that when I’m in reaction mode, I’m more often playing a part that has been modeled for me.

Solitude gives a chance to stop reacting.
To observe
To notice
To ask,
“Is this how I really feel?”

Or…
“Is this simply the loudest voice I’ve been listening to?”

Sometimes the most important thing we can hear ourselves. Beneath the reaction that have been modeled for us, there is an authentic voice waiting to be heard.

08/01/2026

This made me pause, not because it made me panic but because it makes me want to pay attention.

Life suddenly felt less like a timeline and more like a collection of seasons.

It made me wonder:
If my life is measured in summers, how many do I want to spend rushing through them?

07/31/2026

I don’t always paint because I have something to say.

I paint because it’s one of the few places where I can slow down and observe my thoughts without the need to react.

Hours disappear, my attention slows down, the noise gets quieter.

Sometimes I finish with a painting, and sometimes I just feel a little more like myself.

The older I get, the less I chase excitement. The more I appreciate anything that supports slowing down and paying attention.

Now, instead of seeking something that ‘feels good’, I ask:

“What helps me feel present?”

07/30/2026

I’ve noticed that clarity usually comes after I start.

Not before.

I used to wait for motivation. Now I begin before I’m certain.
Because action has a way of revealing what thinking alone never could.

I don’t always know where a drawing or a series is going when I start.
I don’t always know where life is going either.

Sometimes I just take the next step, trust the process, and try to enjoy the uncertainty of discovery.

07/29/2026

Lately I’ve been asking myself a different question.

Not…”What should I be doing?”
But…”What kind of life am trying to build?”

Because once I know the answer, saying “no” stops feeling like missing out. It starts feeling like protecting something.

Now, I’m spending more energy protecting slow mornings, time to make art, deep conversations and where I focus my attention.

Protecting the version of myself I’m slowly becoming.

I notice that every “no” isn’t closing a door.
It’s making space for a more intentional “yes”.

I’m still figuring out what that life looks like. But every small “no” is helping me see it more clearly.

Title: “Jumping Ego”About the development and fragmentation of the ego. This piece isn’t meant to be understood all at o...
07/28/2026

Title: “Jumping Ego”
About the development and fragmentation of the ego.

This piece isn’t meant to be understood all at once. It’s meant to wander through.

The entire piece is built around a spiral—from the development of the self to the ways we slowly lose ourselves.

A heart grows into a tree.
A child emerges.
Optimism becomes identity.
Identity becomes attachment.
Attachment becomes the masks we wear.

And sometimes the very identities we’ve spent years protecting become the things holding us back from the growth we’re reaching for.

I don’t think our lives or our personalities are made by what happens to us .

Instead I notice that we’re shaped instead by the stories we tell ourselves about what happens.

This work was one attempt to draw these invisible stories.

Every time I look at this piece, I notice something new or relate to a new story.

I’m curious…what was the first thing your eye was drawn to?

Do you see the spiral?

07/26/2026

I used to think that I simply just needed less screen time.

Now I’m wondering if I just needed more experiences that hold my attention differently.

The kind that asks me to slow down instead of feeling the urgency to jump to the next thing—next video.

To notice instead of consume.
To participate instead of watch.

07/25/2026

I’ve been thinking about gentleness lately—how to be more gentle with myself.

Everyone says to have the bigger picture in mind. But when I’m stressed, that feels overwhelming.

I love pen and ink, because it reminds me that sometimes gentleness is just letting myself focus on one small detail at a time.

My nervous system finds peace by going smaller.

I wonder what other parts of my life would feel less overwhelming if I stopped trying to hold the whole picture at once all the time.

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