Shawn Schwarz Illustrations
Hello Art is one of our oldest means of communication and therefore it is one of the most important avenues to explore our humanity. However, it is also an avenue to explore one’s self and grasp a deeper understanding of the world around us. Art allows for, not only an exploration of the subconscious, but also an exploration of the external factors that work to shape our subconscious. What my body of work does is explore man, not as an emotional being, but more as a being that drives history and culture. The imagery explores how man interacts, builds, and lives with the environment. My objective is not only to see man’s impact on the world around us, but also to study the cultural factors that illuminate the deeper confines of our minds. And the first place I begin is one’s self. My most resent work is a conceptual series dedicated to observing the factors that have led me to the person I am today. The Surrealist movement, particularly the pictorial imagery and literature of Salvador Dali and André Breton, are the main influence in my work. Both these men perceived their world as a whole though dream state absurdities. However, they both came to their own actualization in recognizing the external factors of their culture. These factors created their subconscious, which expressed itself through dreaming. Through the exploration of a set of principles, collectively defined by Surrealism, I have endeavored to understand my subconscious and what factors have created them, and essentially created the person I am today. Through this work I want those who see it to understand how there is rationality behind the absurd. To recognize and evaluate what factors have led Surrealist artists to their philosophies and ideologies. And more importantly, I want people to envision a world where the external factors and the absurdity of dreams can and do co-exist. In picturing such a world people can self evaluate and find meaning as to why they are the individuals they believe themselves to be.
Shawn G. Schwarz Illustrator 817 - 889 - 3233 schwarz.g.shawn@gmail.com
Shawn G. Schwarz Illustrator 817 - 889 - 3233 schwarz.g.shawn@gmail.com
2015 Line of Disintegration
Oil on wood panel
35 ” x 50 ”
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Shawn G. Schwarz Illustrator 817 - 889 - 3233 schwarz.g.shawn@gmail.com
2016 Shore of Disintegration
Oil on wood panel
35 ” x 45 ”
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Shawn G. Schwarz Illustrator 817 - 889 - 3233 schwarz.g.shawn@gmail.com
2015 Mirrors in The Void
Oil on wood panel
25 ” x 35 ”
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Shawn G. Schwarz Illustrator 817 - 889 - 3233 schwarz.g.shawn@gmail.com
2015 Love: Just Out of Reach
Oil on wood panel
30 ” x 36 ”
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Shawn G. Schwarz Illustrator 817 - 889 - 3233 schwarz.g.shawn@gmail.com
2016 Heaven: Just Out of Reach
Oil on wood panel
30 ” x 40 ”
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Shawn G. Schwarz Illustrator 817 - 889 - 3233 schwarz.g.shawn@gmail.com
2015 Nightmare One
Oil on wood panel
24 ” x 30 ”
Shawn G. Schwarz Illustrator 817 - 889 - 3233 schwarz.g.shawn@gmail.com
2015 Blood, Piss, and Rabbits
Oil on wood panel
24 ” x 30 ”
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2016 Eating Innocence
Oil on wood panel
12 ” x 12 ”
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Shawn G. Schwarz Illustrator 817 - 889 - 3233 schwarz.g.shawn@gmail.com
2016 Alberta Grain
Oil on wood panel
12 ” x 12 ”
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Shawn G. Schwarz Illustrator 817 - 889 - 3233 schwarz.g.shawn@gmail.com
2016 It Cometh
Oil on wood panel
12 ” x 12 ”
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Shawn G. Schwarz Illustrator 817 - 889 - 3233 schwarz.g.shawn@gmail.com
2014 Still Life
Charcoal
7.5 ” x 10 ”
Shawn G. Schwarz Illustrator 817 - 889 - 3233 schwarz.g.shawn@gmail.com
2014 Still Life
Charcoal
9.5 ” x 12 ”
Shawn G. Schwarz Illustrator 817 - 889 - 3233 schwarz.g.shawn@gmail.com
2014 Still Life
Charcoal
7.5 ” x 10.5 ”
Shawn G. Schwarz Illustrator 817 - 889 - 3233 schwarz.g.shawn@gmail.com
2014 Portrait
Charcoal
12 ” x 20 ”
Shawn G. Schwarz Illustrator 817 - 889 - 3233 schwarz.g.shawn@gmail.com
2014 Portrait
Charcoal
10.5 ” x 20 ”
Shawn G. Schwarz Illustrator 817 - 889 - 3233 schwarz.g.shawn@gmail.com
2013
Europe Study Tour
Ink Sketch
5”x 8”
Shawn G. Schwarz Illustrator 817 - 889 - 3233 schwarz.g.shawn@gmail.com
2013 Europe Study Tour
Ink Sketch
5”x 8”
Shawn G. Schwarz Illustrator 817 - 889 - 3233 schwarz.g.shawn@gmail.com
2013 Europe Study Tour
Watercolor
5”x 8”
Shawn G. Schwarz Illustrator 817 - 889 - 3233 schwarz.g.shawn@gmail.com
2013 Europe Study Tour
Watercolor
5”x 8”
Shawn G. Schwarz Illustrator 817 - 889 - 3233 schwarz.g.shawn@gmail.com
2013 Europe Study Tour
Watercolor
5”x 8”
Shawn G. Schwarz Illustrator 817 - 889 - 3233 schwarz.g.shawn@gmail.com
2015 Irish Dolmen
Watercolor
5”x 8”
Shawn G. Schwarz Illustrator 817 - 889 - 3233 schwarz.g.shawn@gmail.com
2015 Inukshuk
Watercolor
5”x 8”
Shawn G. Schwarz Illustrator 817 - 889 - 3233 schwarz.g.shawn@gmail.com
2015 Church
Watercolor
5”x 8”
Shawn G. Schwarz Illustrator 817 - 889 - 3233 schwarz.g.shawn@gmail.com
2015 Barn
Watercolor
5”x 8”
Shawn G. Schwarz Illustrator 817 - 889 - 3233 schwarz.g.shawn@gmail.com
2015 Animal Illustrations
Watercolor
6�x 6�
Shawn G. Schwarz Illustrator 817 - 889 - 3233 schwarz.g.shawn@gmail.com
2012 Whirling Dervish
Watercolor and Ink
16 � x 20 �
Shawn G. Schwarz Illustrator 817 - 889 - 3233 schwarz.g.shawn@gmail.com
2014 Untitled
Watercolor and Ink
18 ” x 20 ”
Shawn G. Schwarz Illustrator 817 - 889 - 3233 schwarz.g.shawn@gmail.com
2013 Stockholm Docks
Watercolor and Ink
9 ” x 12 ”
Shawn G. Schwarz Illustrator 817 - 889 - 3233 schwarz.g.shawn@gmail.com
2012 Tiananmen Tank Man
Watercolor
16 ” x 20 ”
Shawn G. Schwarz Illustrator 817 - 889 - 3233 schwarz.g.shawn@gmail.com
2014 Art and Design Building, Andrews University
Watercolor and Ink
9 � x 12 �
Shawn G. Schwarz Illustrator 817 - 889 - 3233 schwarz.g.shawn@gmail.com
2014 Science Complex, Andrews University
Watercolor and Ink
9 � x 12 �
Shawn G. Schwarz Illustrator 817 - 889 - 3233 schwarz.g.shawn@gmail.com
2015 Untitled
Watercolor
6”x 6”
Shawn G. Schwarz Illustrator 817 - 889 - 3233 schwarz.g.shawn@gmail.com
2013 Cubist Painting in Three Dimensions
Wood and Acrylic
12 ” x 12 ” x 16 ”
Shawn G. Schwarz Illustrator 817 - 889 - 3233 schwarz.g.shawn@gmail.com
2014 Four Haida prints
Printmaking
7.5 ” x 9.5 ”
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Shawn G. Schwarz Illustrator 817 - 889 - 3233 schwarz.g.shawn@gmail.com