Creating Art That Commands Attention

Person with short hair smiling, wearing a purple hoodie with a colorful skull design, in a setting with flowers in the background.

Painting “Finding Peace”

Artist Statement

Shannon Rios

I'm a mixed media oil painter from Southern Idaho with a cubist impressionist realism style. I've been painting since I was 15, formally trained with an AA and BA in fine art, and after 40 years of treating my gift like a hobby, I'm finally here, fully & unapologetically. I use color the way some people use music, to pull an emotion out of you, any emotion, as long as you feel something. My work is built on structure; golden ratio, color theory, light and shadow ; but the music in my studio loosens all of that into something alive. I paint strength in its many forms: women who know who they are, horses, bulls, dancers, landscapes that feel like they're breathing. I'm sarcastic and warm, equally at home in a crowd or alone in my studio for hours, and I love hard; God, my family, my craft, the people who stop in front of a painting and grab someone's arm. I create a mood and let the work do the talking. I'm 56 yrs, experienced & I've been through it, and I still have a lot to say though my work

Shannon is an internationally recognized and collected artist. She and her work have been featured in several publications, most recently, "Artsy Shark", "aatonau", "The 100 emerging artworks of 2025' book, "ArtHerStory" magazine and "Artist CLose Up" Magazine issue #37.  As well as being an Singulart trending artist. Assuring her foothold and continued growth and success in the ever changing art world

Experience

A woman with short hair, wearing a light purple shirt and jeans, smiling while standing in an art gallery. Behind her are colorful paintings, one of a river scene and another of a stylized cow. To her right are jewelry displays in a glass case.
A man and woman standing outside a building, smiling for the camera. The man is wearing a beige vest and pants with a navy shirt and patterned tie, sunglasses, and black shoes. The woman is dressed in a black dress, black heels, and holding a black jacket and some papers, with a tattoo on her ankle.
Woman with short hair, black leather jacket, and black pants standing in front of four abstract paintings of women playing musical instruments at an art gallery.

Our Vision

Shannon & Reuben Rios are building a modern West. Biblical Figures, horses, dancers, landscapes, desert light and women who hold their own; drawn in geometry, layered in transparent oil and colored so the room changes when you walk into it. Made in Southern Idaho, for the homes, galleries and collections that want something made by a human hand and that hold real weight .