Shannon is a trans-gendered artist (formerly Robert Andrew) who explores the notion of an ideal beauty with subjects that are inanimate representations of our selves (often dolls, mannequins and masks). Although presented in a simple way, the work is characterised by a dramatic play of colour and tone, bathed in light, they appear iconic, striking and defiant, hovering between lifelessness and immortality. Shannon’s paintings are highly polished and ‘unsettlingly realistic’ as one ‘Age’ critic deemed however she does not regard herself as a ‘realist’, her works are intended to distort and distract, blurring the edge between the real and surreal they are at once humorous and haunting, cute but ‘creepy’.