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Shane painting at his easel

Artist Statement

“I am a Canadian Maritime artist working across landscape, figurative, and abstract work, drawn both to the memory of place and the emotional residue that lingers after a moment has passed.

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My work holds the juxtaposition of the world’s beauty alongside my own formative experiences of that same world not always being safe. In this light, I choose to see creativity and goodness as an act of rebellion and healing.

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Nature and figures are painted as dynamic, alive, and emotionally charged. Gold moves through the work as an act of repair; a way of acknowledging fracture without concealing it. Mended seams left visible, these marks hold both what was broken and what has since been restored.”

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~Shane Drever

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Artist Bio

Shane grew up in a large family in a small Saskatchewan farming community, with no TV, no radio, and not much in the way of modern distraction. What he had was drawing, and that turned out to be enough. Art became the thing he kept returning to, and eventually the thing that defined him.

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He has since traded the prairies for the East Coast and is now based in Fredericton, on the unceded territory of the Wolastoqiyik people. His landscapes draw from the broader Maritime coastline: the Hopewell Rocks, fishing villages in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, lighthouses in PEI. Alongside this, he works in figurative painting, abstract composition, and large-scale public murals. Commissioned mural work spans civic, corporate, and community contexts, including projects for Google, TD Bank, and Communitech, as well as the award-winning public mural “Farms to Families” in Simcoe, Ontario.

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Years in creative leadership and design have brought a certain discipline and structural thinking to his fine art practice. He is currently expanding that practice through the CATAPULT program with ArtsLink NB.

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When not painting, he finds quiet focus building Lego, which is, it turns out, an unexpectedly effective counterbalance to life in the studio.

Old family photo of the artist with his mom and siblings

Shane with his older sisters, younger brothers, and his mom.

Drawings from Shane's youth
Drawings from Shane's youth
Drawings from Shane's youth

Curriculum Vitae

​Artistic Practice

Independent visual artist with over 10 years of sustained professional practice. Working in oil painting across landscape, figurative, and abstract modes, with an emphasis on emotional resonance, memory of place, and the human condition. Public mural work spans corporate, civic, and community contexts across Canada. Practice is rooted in the juxtaposition of beauty and adversity; gold leaf is used throughout as an act of visible repair.

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Education & Professional Development

  • 2026 CATAPULT | Artist Talk | ArtsLinkNB

  • 2026 CATAPULT | Professional Development Program | ArtsLinkNB

  • 2001-03 CLASSICAL ANIMATION | Sheridan College | Oakville, ON

  • 2000-01 ART FUNDAMENTALS | Sheridan College | Oakville, ON

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Public Work

  • 2024 FARMS TO FAMILIES | Award winning public mural, Simcoe ON

  • 2023 HISTORICAL JARVIS | Public mural, Jarvis ON

  • 2019 THE FATHOMS | Corporate mural, Galt Collective, Cambridge ON

  • 2017 PATHS IN PROGRESS | Corporate mural, TD, Waterloo ON

  • 2014 GOOGLE GOODS | Corporate mural, Google, Waterloo ON

  • 2011 ANDROIDS! | Corporate mural , Google, Waterloo ON

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Selected Projects

  • 2026 SUSSEX MURAL CALL | Sussex, NB — Upcoming Spring 2026

  • 2022 INTERSTELLAR ART GALLERY | International figurative exhibition, New Delhi, India

  • 2021 BEEN A MINUTE ALBUM | Animated visualizer series for Hunter Brothers full album release — Watch Here

  • 2016 LUNATIC | Animated cutscenes, award winning documentary — LUNATIC Website

  • 2014 NEW WORLD | Hand painted album artwork for Trevor Dick Band
    Nominated for Album Artwork of the Year — Covenant Awards

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