Southern California-based artist Shirley Cannon is the daughter of a West Virginia coal miner and cleaning lady mother. This environment dramatically shaped the sensibilities and esthetics with which she would later approach her art.

Exploring another vision, Cannon developed a series of landscapes based upon an interior sensing of nature. In addition to several L.A. exhibitions, Cannon was invited in October, 2002, to do a solo exhibition of her landscapes in Italy at the Galleria Civica di Lumezzane, a museum just east of Milan, as part of a series of exhibitions in various locations in northern Italy, to showcase Southern California artists.  

Her painting, "Amber nest" has been called a masterpiece by critic and curator, Molly Barnes.  To find out more about this artist and to see more of her work, go to shirleycannon.com.