The Artist

Exploring the Intersection of HumanKind and Nature

Shane Armour is an emerging artist that draws inspiration from the North Shore of Oahu and the vibrant landscapes of Santa Fe, the two places he calls home. His artwork explores the intricate relationship between humans and the natural world, focusing on changing ecosystems due to climate change and industrialization. His paintings explore themes pressing to the future of this planet, such as deforestation, pollution, global warming, and the extinction crisis.

His artistic style is characterized by thick brush strokes and vibrant colors, drawing inspiration from fauvism and abstract expressionism. He likes to work with large canvases or multiple smaller canvases to create large ‘statement’ pieces, often painting bold, expressive, geometric paintings that are visually appealing but also have messages about the impact of human activity on the environment.

He has a masters degree in Sustainable Development from University of St Andrews in Scotland and spent 8 years in San Francisco building computational models of future catastrophes caused by climate change. Since moving to Hawaii in 2018, he has concentrated on using art to bring attention to unsustainable industrialization practices.

In his latest collection ‘Wildfire’, he focuses on impacts of a warming planet. He looks at aerial photography of some of the largest wildfires on the planet and draws inspiration from the images. The artwork is abstract but powerful and uses a color palette inspired by the destructive wildfires. But within this collection dominated by brilliant reds and yellows, he adds a glimpse of hope, as fire destroys, but also leaves room for new life to grow.

His Hawaii based collection ‘the extinction crisis’ focuses on the issues confronting native species. He paints colorful abstract landscapes to showcase the beauty of the present era, and then with contrasting colors, he depicts shadows of the life that once thrived in these landscapes.

Through his artwork, he asks viewers to contemplate their connection with the natural world and their impact on the native life that once thrived around them.