
Shannon Cannings
Off Kilter, 2021
oil on panel
24" diameter
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Shannon Cannings
Peacekeeper, 2021
oil on panel
18h x 24w in
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Shannon Cannings
Near Miss, 2021
oil on panel
48" diameter
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Shannon Cannings
Cover Me, 2021
oil on panel
24h x 48w in
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Shannon Cannings
Cosmic, 2021
oil on panel
36" diameter
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Shannon Cannings
Big Red, 2019
oil on canvas
72h x 72w in
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Shannon Cannings
Western Frontier, 2015
oil on canvas
50h x 70w in
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Shannon Cannings
Bubble, 2017
oil on canvas
70h x 50.25w x 3d in
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Shannon Cannings
Bottlerocket, 2019
oil on panel
24h x 24w in
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Shannon Cannings
Unseen Green, 2019
oil on canvas
60h x 48w in
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Shannon Cannings
I Want Candy – Green, 2018
oil on canvas
40h x 60w in
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Shannon Cannings
I Want Candy – Blue, 2018
oil on canvas
40h x 60w in
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Shannon Cannings
Ring of Fire, 2018
oil on canvas
60h x 48w in
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Shannon Cannings
Razer, 2010
oil on panel
24h x 24w in
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Shannon Cannings
Analogous, 2012
oil on canvas
56.25h x 48w in
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Shannon Cannings
Zoom, 2017
oil on canvas
70h x 50.25w x 3d in
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Shannon Cannings
Arsenal, 2015
oil on canvas
55h x 70w in
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Shannon Cannings
Wild Willy, 2018
colored pencil on paper
24h x 18w in
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Shannon Cannings
Red Ringer, 2017
colored pencil on paper
8h x 10w in
Framed: 15.38h x 17.25w x 1d in
Shannon Cannings
Primary, 2017
colored pencil on paper
18h x 24w in
Framed: 25.38h x 31.25w x 1d in
Shannon Cannings
Power Play I, 2014
colored pencil on paper
18h x 24w in
Shannon Cannings
Three Circles, 2010
silver point on paper
9h x 12w in
Framed: 14.25h x 16.25w x 1d in
Shannon Cannings
Feather, 2010
silver point on paper
9h x 12w in
Framed: 14.25h x 16.25w x 1d in
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Shannon Cannings
Armour, 2010
silver point on paper
9h x 12w in
Framed: 14.25h x 16.25w x 1d in
Shannon Cannings
Crescent, 2010
silver point on paper
9h x 12w in
Framed: 14.25h x 16.25w x 1d in
Shannon Cannings b. 1972– Shannon Cannings is known for her pop-inspired paintings that render the sweetness of childhood with a sour note. Plastic toy guns are brightly depicted in a delectable palate reminiscent of a nostalgic and forbidden hard candy. The ominous undertones of these works question the innocence of childhood games, highlighting their tendency to normalize violence at a young age. “The names of the pieces are things that I think about being a happy veneer for something that carries a great consequence,” says Cannings. “Like Friendly Fire, that sounds like a game you play with a hose in your backyard; it doesn’t sound as horrible as it really is.” Cannings engages viewers to explore the complexities of a gun culture that has become more and more pervasive in everyday America.
Shannon Cannings was raised in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting from Tyler School of Art, Temple University, and a Master of Fine Arts in Painting from Syracuse University. Shannon has been included in over fifty juried and invitational exhibitions throughout the United States. In 2018, she had a solo exhibition at McCormack Gallery, Midland College, Midland, Texas and in 2017, the Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, Texas, included her in a three-person exhibition entitled, Making a Splash. In 2015, Canning’s presented a solo show at the Center for Contemporary Arts in Abilene, Texas, and a two-person show with her husband, William Cannings, at the Underwood Center for the Arts in Lubbock, Texas. Shannon Cannings lives and works in Lubbock, Texas, where she has taught as an adjunct professor of art at Texas Tech University for nearly two decades.