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Creative curiosity plus the urging of a close friend started Shannon Lundberg on her journey into the artistic world of welding. A native Californian, Shannon has always felt drawn to professions offering a challenge to one’s imaginative and inventive skills. In 10 years, her sculptures have been on display in a variety of art exhibits throughout Ventura and Los Angeles County, winning a number of awards and receiving accolades for originality and workmanship. Early interviews that appeared in several local periodicals and magazines labeled her as an “up and coming” welding artist.
Shannon’s occupational background is as varied as her sculptures. She has enjoyed success as a dance instructor, caterer, and cosmetologist before entering the field of welding. Her welding instructor and mentor, Tony Marsden, commented that, “As Shannon’s technical skills improved the more her creativity has grown.” For the past 6 years, Shannon has been a member of the Thousand Oaks Art Association as well as the Carnegie Art Association in Ventura County. Among her favorite projects is The Loving Hearts Hospice Foundation, where, for 7 years, she has donated sculptures for auction raising over $8000.00 for this charity.
Creating metal sculptures using various welding techniques is for Shannon, a creative means that allows her to show the beauty and flow of metals. Margaret Travers, executive director of the Ventura Arts Council was the first to select one of her sculptures for display at a county building. Out of the hundreds of submitted entries, only 16 were hosen and Shannon’s was one of them. “There aren’t that many people who do (three dimensional) metal art and it’s very individual, very unique” said Ms Travers.
Perhaps what best describes Shannon’s skills was highlighted at an art forum interview, which she was a speaker. A member of the audience, who identified himself as a professor from Oxnard College made the following comment, “If what I have seen of your work represents only five years of experience, I can’t wait to see what you will achieve in the next five years.”
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