About Shade Black

Painting is a living language that is as unique to human beings as speech. It is an authentic human response to the surrounding world. I paint to remember, to point out, to celebrate, to express my love for and joy in this endlessly beautiful, fragile world – natural and man-made alike. In my work I strive to not only represent the object that moved and inspired me, but to leave room for the materials I work with – the paint itself – to be perceived as such. I want my works to look like paint applied by human hands.

Biography

Shade Black (b. 1983) is a painter and chainsaw carver.
Shade studied drawing, painting and sculpture at the Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel under Marek Yanai, Alexander Okun and Lance Hunter. She met her husband, chainsaw carver Kevin Black in 2017, and now lives with him and their two kids near Petersburg, WV.