Wishful thinking, a cultural increase in environmental concerns, and overall societal awareness of the subject have been cited as additional factors. Folklorists trace the phenomenon of Bigfoot to a combination of factors and sources including indigenous cultures, the European wild man figure, and folk tales. The majority of mainstream scientists have historically discounted the existence of Bigfoot, considering it to be the result of a combination of folklore, misidentification, and hoax, rather than a living animal. Bigfoot is an icon within the fringe subculture of cryptozoology, and an enduring element of popular culture.
Tales of wild, hairy humanoids exist throughout the world, and such creatures appear in the folklore of North America, including the mythologies of indigenous people. Many dubious articles have been offered in attempts to prove the existence of Bigfoot, including anecdotal claims of sightings as well as alleged video and audio recordings, photographs, and casts of large footprints. Shannon currently resides in Denver, Colorado with her husband, fellow artist Josh Holland, and their part black lab, part dachshund, part dragon puppy, Enid Coleslaw.Bigfoot, also commonly referred to as Sasquatch, is a purported ape-like creature said to inhabit the forests of North America. Since then, she has found success as a commercial illustrator while maintaining a career as a painter, and showing in art galleries across the United States. Shannon learned to focus her love of all things fictional and imaginative while studying illustration and painting at Columbus College of Art & Design. While Shannon enjoys the challenge of nearly all forms of image making, she finds herself beckoned to her easel nightly to paint with absurdly tiny brushes until the sun rises. In this realm she has worked on projects ranging from character design to package illustration, for clients as large as Disney and Mattel. Beside the aesthetic that is unmistakably hers, she also works in a variety of techniques and styles as a freelance commercial illustrator.
Shannon has sought to replicate this same sense of fantastical realism from the first time she created art as a child.Īs an illustrator, Shannon's work has been featured primarily in children’s publishing and in galleries celebrating beloved pieces of pop-culture. She is fascinated by dreams, where the magical and the absurd are commonplace, and draws inspiration from these fleeting glimpses of an alternate reality that comes from within. Shannon has a particular obsession with storytelling, preferring the fantastical people and pictures from books as a lens to view our reality. Shannon's pieces live in that weird dreamy space between waking and sleeping, where the melancholy of real life mixes with a dash of magic. Her imagery is often autobiographical in some capacity, but is deliberately open for the viewer to find their own story within. The female form is a consistent focus of her work, largely due to her life experiences growing up in a family of seven sisters and one brother. As a painter, Shannon Bonatakis seeks to create emotionally charged visual stories that convey authentic emotional moments.
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