Shawn Carlin

Golden Sunrise

Inspired by: Joyce Tenneson, Fork Shaped Tree

mixed medium diorama

16″ x 12″ x 17″

2025

$5,000

I was really inspired by the photography of Joyce Tenneson and the magical golden qualities of her work. Since I work in 3 dimensions I wanted to explore the notion of walking into the photograph to explore the world beyond the trees and see what lies on the other side of that golden veil. I created an exact replica of the photograph and the fun is standing in the perfect location and eye line to see the full effect! It was also crucial to match Joyce’s beautiful golden palette as well! Enjoy!

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Jaimee Dunham

Shawn Carlin

The Lost Oasis

acrylic on canvas. Foam, plastic, wood, UV resin, cotton fiber, gold leaf, various dried plants and basing materials, plastic animal and human miniatures and air dry clay. 

25 x 36″ painting, 11″ x 8″ diarama

2022-2024

Not for sale

In this collaborative work, miniature diorama artist Shawn Carlin, and painter Jaimee Dunham, explore what it means to be a rainforest. Vast, lush, and untamed. To be alive as an animal or plant. To be the clouds meeting the mountains, the water eroding rock, or the moss covering the forest floor. To be fluid or to be solid. To exist as a part of the whole. This work focuses on the power of these elements and the interdependence between them. The contrasting approaches of medium and scale expand the possible stories that could be told. Stories that regard history and ecology. Stories about exploration and discovery. These two works come together to create a visually immersive piece, and an experience that reminds us that there is always more than meets the eye.

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Shawn Carlin

The Forgotten Monument

mixed media diorama: wood, clay, resin, foam, various basing materials

8″ x 8″

2021

$1,600

Handmade and hand-painted diorama using a wood base with sculpted steps and hand-sculpted decorative accents made of clay. Rider on horse is a hand painted resin miniature. Various basing materials were used to represent vegetation. Piece fits a fantasy genre and depicts a lost monument that has been over taken by nature. Scaled at 28mm or 1:56 scale.

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