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Fanatic For Art

Luscious, dark, mystical…you can use any of these words to describe her paint, but they are still not  enough to express the feelings that when you saw the art by your own eyes. These paint are all created by a young girl , her name is Shayna Yasuhara.

Her paint already has more than 5 solo shows in different city since 2009, She also created a female urban collective "paint pen in purse", as a curator, she held almost 20 group exhibitions by different theme in this country. But the most unordinary part of her is, not like other school graduated artiest, Shayna's art creation is totally untrained.

"I always love painting, but actually I didn't think I was good at art, until I keep doing it for fun." Shayna said that although  she was got B in high school's art class  and not bring much confidence to her, she still love painting. In university, her major was criminal justice, but during that time, she draw almost hundreds sketches. "The more I painting, the more I feel confident."

Any material's texture with lines and wrinkles makes her imagine,  Shayna believe art is more with talent and how you feel the world but not just a skill. also she like Japanese cartoon, cute girly character,all these gives her inspiration. Maybe that is why her paint has a lot tree,wolf,cat and other candy color animals.

"It is just kind of be insider imagination of a kid."she said.

Besides her own painting work, Shayna's passion about art also distribute on  "paint pen in purse". "Lower Haters","Art of the Can",and current show "Ice Cream Girl", all these group art exhibitions are given theme by her. For each show, she will seek thousands of artist's website, connect every single painter she interested in and invite them, and find a gallery which appropriate and have the willingness for cooperation. Until now, there are more than 20 shows in different city held by Shayna and "paint pen in purse".

Speak about the reason of  launching "paint pen in purse", Shayna said she was wants all the great artist stay in her hometown Boston instead of leave. but now since all the shows already held from east coast to west coast, Shayna 's collective brings all the artist together.

"A lot artist are shy, they need somebody to encourage or do the publicity for them…I just like and find it rewarding to help them."

"If you look up a America of Unit State's map, my goal is to have artist and shows every where."

Like other normal girls, Shayna loves little animals. Her favorite animal is bear, although she never put it into paint. She also has a dog, a cat and a sweet boyfriend who is an musician. These is how she describe her ordinary day: I ride bicycle back home, watch TV, eats dinner and play with my dog and cat for a while, he is doing his music, and I start search great artist from internet or create theme and paint for next show.

As a professional curator and artist, Shayna never plan to earn money from the exhibitions the she held. Actually Shayna has her official daytime job, she is a commentator for fashion visual merchandising.Although this job is enjoyable , Shayna still want one day she can focus on her painting and have an open art studio for people come and visit.

"I would be bored if I didn't do my project, I would feel something was missing if I didn't have this aspect in my life."