User:Shonnanelson85/sandbox

Birth name: Shonna Renee Nelson

Born: October 19th, 1985 (age 32) in Knoxville Tennessee

Art mediums: Mixed-media, contemporary, watercolor, oil, acrylic

Occupation(s): Fine Arts, Digital Painter, Muralist, Calligrapher, and Photographer

Years Active: 1990--Present

Website: http://shonnanelsonart.blogspot.com

Biography:
Shonna Nelson, born October 19th 1985 is a well-known fine artist who lives in Knoxville Tennessee, and works independently on commission portraits, and various other projects. She's most known for her exhibit and reward in the Knoxville Museum of Art (2003) for the collage titled "The Rose." Which is a complex collage piece that's constructed meticulously in torn paper. Her career took off in success afterwards. Once out of Fulton High School she traveled throughout the United States, painting for collectors, and businesses.

Life:
Shonna Nelson was born October 19th, 1985 to Sean Nelson, and Kerri Allred. She was raised by her grandmother Cecelia Nelson. Her great grandmother Mrs. Ida Bland is credited to teaching her the artistic techniques that she has carried throughout her career. Mrs. Ida Bland was the owner of the Oxford Mississippi Fabric Center, and notably designed outfits for high society. Her known fine art techniques were of oil landscapes, and floral pictures painted on canvas. Through patience and practices, she taught Shonna her skills at an early age - also within the height of Ida Bland's success.

Achievements:
At just 16 years of age Shonna Nelson ran her our mural company, and painted for businesses throughout Broadway and Gay St. She also worked with her grandmother Cecelia Nelson in their cleaning business. By 18, her work was exhibited in numerous galleries within Knoxville, Tennessee.

Governor Tim Burchett presented her with the Keep Knoxville Beautiful reward in 2003, for gluing stained glass pieces (in mosaics ) on various sculpted bears in the Old City, and uptown Knox. She also donated landscapes, and floral paintings to support clean agricultural projects.

Success:
Her high school art teacher Mrs. Judy Vance, submitted her most notable art piece to The Knoxville Museum of Art, in 2003. The "mixed media " collage titled "The Rose" won first place, and her work was exhibited there.

After school, she traveled throughout the United States, painting for businesses and collectors that she encountered along the way. She painted a two story mural of Marilyn Monroe on the Hollywood Consignment building (2005).

For now, she's enjoys independently selling commissions, and art to personal buyers. Category:Mixed-media artists Category:Collage artists Category:Muralists