ABOUT SHANNON ABBEY

Shannon Abbey is best known for her expressive and vivid animal portraiture. Her masterful painting style, her strong drawing skills and her ability to capture the inner and outer personality of her subjects makes these paintings much more than a likeness of a beloved family member.  She brings the traditional techniques of Old Masters Portraiture with Contemporary Realism of Northern California.  Her paintings are exhibited in numerous private collections. Collectors include some of the top dog breeders in the United States, Australia and in the United Kingdom.

Shannon is an artist member of the AKC Museum of the Dog, and was chosen as the official artist of the postponed Cavaliers of the West Specialty Show for 2020.

She came to California to complete a rigorous course of study at the Academy of Art University with the great illustrator Barbara Bradley.  Illustration clients include Pottery Barn, The Wall Street Journal, The Gap and At&t.

She was on the faculty of the Academy of Art and California College of Art in San Francisco. 

Shannon’s studio is in Petaluma California with her cartoonist husband, Pete McDonnell and their son, Jacob. She is assisted by studio dog Molly, an English Setter mix.