Shannon Taylor, “Magic is Alive”
January 10th – February 1st, 2026.
January 10th – February 1st, 2026.
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Haven Gallery is honored to present “Magic is Alive”, an exhibition of new miniature works by California based artist Shannon Taylor. “Magic is Alive” is Taylor’s third solo show at the gallery and features fourteen new miniature paintings/sculptures that highlight the magic and wonder of the natural world. Taylor’s miniature works are made up of hand-cut paper, painted and assembled in vintage compacts, creating miniature worlds full of minutiae detail and colorful narratives. Each compact bursts with enchantment and transcendence, yet the familiar elements of flora and fauna reminds us that magic is all around us, one just has to look.
About Shannon Taylor
Shannon Taylor is a painter, illustrator, craftsman and educator based out of Oakland, California. She is the Assistant Chair of the Illustration Program at the California College of the Arts, and has also been the long-time Director of Art and Restoration at Children’s Fairyland in Oakland. Taylor exhibits her work extensively worldwide. Taylor’s client lists include Netflix, Bath and Body Works, Saylor Agency, Shondaland, Paragon Books, Monsa Publications, Edition One Books, Fashion Fights Cancer, Vote Equality and Artists 4 ERA among others. She has been interviewed on podcasts such as the Jealous Curator’s “Art for your Ears” and “Mad About Miniatures”, and featured on sites like Colossal and Beautiful Bizarre.
Shannon Taylor is a painter, illustrator, craftsman and educator based out of Oakland, California. She is the Assistant Chair of the Illustration Program at the California College of the Arts, and has also been the long-time Director of Art and Restoration at Children’s Fairyland in Oakland. Taylor exhibits her work extensively worldwide. Taylor’s client lists include Netflix, Bath and Body Works, Saylor Agency, Shondaland, Paragon Books, Monsa Publications, Edition One Books, Fashion Fights Cancer, Vote Equality and Artists 4 ERA among others. She has been interviewed on podcasts such as the Jealous Curator’s “Art for your Ears” and “Mad About Miniatures”, and featured on sites like Colossal and Beautiful Bizarre.
A highly prolific artist, Taylor has developed a style of watercolor that is distinctly her own, utilizing rich colors, layers of blending, dry-brushing, and pattern work, Taylor is constantly pushing and expanding on the possibilities of the medium. Often conjuring the decorative and figurative qualities of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and aesthetic movement, Taylor’s work is an exploration of beauty. In her paintings, heavy indigo skies are filled with stars, and flowers bloom from the backs of languid, lovely women, and tiny worlds can be held in your hand; the world that Taylor has made is gilt, prismatic, and lovingly wrought.
“In the end it will be okay; if it is not okay, it is not the end.”
