Shannon Kringen grew up in San Diego California and Whidbey Island Washington. She is a self taught photographer and poet with a background in Graphic Design. She has worked as a figure model in Seattle since 1992. She completed her BA degree in Arts and Literature from Antioch University in 2013. She sees her creative expression as a tool to connect with community and a way of increasing self awareness and tap into a deeper wisdom within.Artist , Art Model Creative Improvisational Free Range Human being known for painting shoes for musician Tori Amos (also painting a top hat for Tom Petty but never was able to meet him to share it!) and creating Opal Moonstone an art car Honda Fit Covered in rhinestones and doing improvisational monologues on Seattle Public Access TV for 15 years weeklyfull length Documentary Film about "The Story of Goddess KRING" in the works stay tuned! Artist Statement:I work with cameras and paint improvisationally. I am very kinesthetic and use my whole body when I create. In my photography, I fall in love with shape, texture, and light while out wandering. I like to capture what is naturally there but in a way that abstracts it and allows the viewer to notice something new and different about ordinary physical reality. I carefully compose all my photos spontaneously as I am shooting, moving the camera angle until I see what looks like a balanced, dynamic composition. In my painting, I allow my hands to move intuitively on the canvas creating shapes and textures that feel right. I repeat patterns and choose colors from somewhere beyond my thinking mind. I am very inspired by the repeating patterns I see in nature. Plants and animals move me a great deal. I am taping into my unconscious and go into a dream like state when I create art. Some of my favorite artists that inspire me are: Antoni Gaudí, Yayoi Kusama, Gustav Klimt, and Friedensreich Hundertwasser. Tom Petty, Tori Amos, Miles Davis, John Coltrane- (Improvisational Jazz as a whole)  Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Patti Smith, Bjork, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, Tom Waits, Meredith Monk, Laurie Anderson, Cindy Sherman, Beck, so many more. now working on archiving over 700 VHS episodes of my Goddess KRING public access tv show.Read more about this authorRead less about this author