“For decades, Shawn has observed the living world in her artwork, creating mercurial landscapes and seascapes while simultaneously studying the embodiment of elemental forces such as wind, rain, and sunlight. She portrays subjects that are practically imperceptible, investigating the essence of vaporous matter such as mist and fog. There is a reverent intimacy in Dulaney’s approach to canvas and paper, whether with handmade paint or watercolor, as she allows the movement of her brush to coalesce freely with its intended substrate. This flow of paint creates its own primacy, its own locus of place and meaning”.