About Me

Hi, I’m Shanda Louis.

I’m an artist, educator, and lifelong explorer of creative possibility.

Shanda Louis ART is my studio home for fine art, immersive workshops, and expressive experimentation. I work across mediums freely, following curiosity wherever it leads. Resin, watercolor, digital illustration, surface design, mixed media. If it shimmers, flows, stains, layers, or transforms, I’m probably in love with it.

I’ve never had just one artistic voice, and I’m perfectly content with that. My creative life has included everything from Elizabethan costume construction to furniture refinishing, from acrylics and oils to alcohol ink and photography, from garden design to a 40+ year career in hair and nail artistry. Creativity, for me, is not a lane. It’s a landscape.

Nature is my greatest teacher. I’m drawn to light moving across texture, to imperfect edges, to the quiet geometry of branches and stones. I’m especially captivated by fluid mediums that resist control. Watercolor blooms, alcohol ink currents, resin tides. They remind me that beauty often appears when I loosen my grip and let the work unfold.

My favorite pieces are usually born from surrender. When I release the plan and allow color to speak first, something unexpected steps forward. Those moments feel less like invention and more like discovery.

Creating is my meditation practice. It is where time softens, noise fades, and presence takes root. I believe creative expression without judgment is essential to a fully nourished life. Art is not reserved for the “talented.” It is a human instinct, and when we honor it, we reconnect with joy.

Whether I’m pouring resin, painting paper, or guiding someone through their first brushstroke in the studio, my intention is the same:

To invite wonder.

To encourage exploration.

To make room for joy.

If you’ve been here through the evolution, thank you. And if you’re just arriving, welcome.

This is Shanda Louis ART. Diverse. Exploratory. Unboxed. And just getting started.

Cheers,

Shanda