Studio Shangri-La Gallery & Art Garden + Media Services For Artists

All aboard artists! This month Studio Shangri-La is inviting artists in the Miami area to exhibit at no up front cost to them. There is, however a selection process. And donations are certainly appreciated for operational costs! The gallery site is in North Miami, and has both an indoor and outdoor exhibit area. Located onContinue reading “Studio Shangri-La Gallery & Art Garden + Media Services For Artists”

Art For Your Space: Additions To The Catalog + New On-Site Gallery In Development

The catalogs on TurningArt and Saatchi Art undergo regular updates with new works, while the Artsy segment is for one of a kind pieces. The specialty on the former two is large format conceptual photography, which provides a beautiful presence for different types of spaces. One of the geometric pieces, for example, is placed withinContinue reading “Art For Your Space: Additions To The Catalog + New On-Site Gallery In Development”

Multimedia Update: “Visions Of Biosynergy” in Venice, IT & More

Now Playing 06.19.26 – 07.03.26 ”Visions Of Biosynergy” Part 1 (10 minute version) || Sarah Ikerd, Studio Shangri-La Multimedia || Anima Mundi: Consciousness by ITSLIQUID Group || Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello, Venice IT Among other themes of “Visions Of Biosynergy,” is the reflexive relationship of scientific discovery and human perspective. Patterns and fractals in nature and howContinue reading “Multimedia Update: “Visions Of Biosynergy” in Venice, IT & More”

Holy City, An Urban Tribute + New Custom Art Formats

Inspired by the global views of the Artemis II mission and the recent celebration of Easter, these are composite / collage pieces that combine the urban and the spiritual. The views are of the very recognizable Times Square, a bustling, busy and noisy melting pot of people from all over the world, existing mostly peacefully.Continue reading “Holy City, An Urban Tribute + New Custom Art Formats”

Recent Project Design Proposals: From Natural Colors For Food & Beverage to Art Installation

[Bio-Pigment Suite]: High-performance, pH-stable natural colorant solutions designed for global scale implementation. [Gallery + Outdoor Art Installation]: Luxury-tier aesthetic / art installation integration with focus on sensory design. The Bio-Pigment Suite project proposal seen here is an open innovation technical / design specs summary for natural colors for food & beverage. The proposal document outlines concept-to-calibration, theContinue reading “Recent Project Design Proposals: From Natural Colors For Food & Beverage to Art Installation”

Featured Mixed Media: “Eye Of Infinity”

A sculptural upcycled piece of drumheads and LEDs inspired by optics and lenses / evolution of vision and awareness, the wave connection of music, and larger symbolism of the infinity symbol, plus the eye / iris, apertures perceiving reality in different ways. Also the quotation: “Say that I was a drum major for peace. IContinue reading “Featured Mixed Media: “Eye Of Infinity””

SUNday Artwork Feature: Faith & More

Today is Sunday and a “Good Day” to share “Sol Brilliance,” plus “God Rays” and “FAITH.” These pieces of uplifting ideals were of course influenced by our amazing and powerful Sun, recognizing -amazingly- that there are many others in the cosmos. It’s also influenced by my belief in divine benevolence, the wisdom of God guidingContinue reading “SUNday Artwork Feature: Faith & More”

Contemporary Art Feature: Adding to the “Signal & Noise” Series

Started in 2024, the Signal & Noise began as a tribute to the important of both coherence and decoherence as a means of organization and reorganization. In that way, it’s definitely quantum inspired. The series also reframes entropy as a form of mobility and yet another type of patterning. Next, the pieces with text introduceContinue reading “Contemporary Art Feature: Adding to the “Signal & Noise” Series”

Exploring Symbolism With The Pop Art Iconography Collection

One of the latest collections explores Symbolism & Iconography in the Pop Art style, with a touch of glitch. These are collected original photographs, many of statues, that are layered and accented with graphic design features and other botanical photographs. It’s interesting to juxtapose the ancient and the modern, and technology with nature; to ponderContinue reading “Exploring Symbolism With The Pop Art Iconography Collection”

Featured Artwork In May Includes Cubism, Symbolism & Surrealism

New pieces so far in May 2025, continue a nature focus with a hi-tech flair. The Cirrus Arc selections explore on a large scale modern cubism to express the motion of atmosphere, especially the arc or Fibonacci like spiral. The spiral theme continues also with the works including the Triskelion. The Triskelion is a pieceContinue reading “Featured Artwork In May Includes Cubism, Symbolism & Surrealism”

Studio Multimedia Update + New Gallery Store

First of all, here’s the new gallery store, with a group of new pieces – including “Palm Husk Silhouettes” seen above – in the “Tropic Modern” collection: STUDIO SHANGRI-LA ON SHOPIFY This is in addition to linked partner stores on the Shop page. The store is also synced with my Instagram where there will beContinue reading “Studio Multimedia Update + New Gallery Store”

Studio Shangri-La Mixed Media Painting

DRIP Another original mixed media 5’X3’ made of gesso’s, acrylics and water based spray paint, as well as acrylic paint pots. Inspired by NBA/WNBA runways, international fashion, creativity & imagination, self expression, the art of life, cycles of rebirth within life. fabricate::recreate This is 6 ft x 3 ft mixed media on canvas, with recycledContinue reading “Studio Shangri-La Mixed Media Painting”

Studio Shangri-La Fine Art Feature: Urban Wildflower Variations

Happy to present this fresh mini-series for June. The main featured flower here is the Purple Crown or Securigaria, a wild flower that prevents erosion. Here it’s mixed in with other grasses, as they do naturally, and photographed in an urban environment in which they can grow in their wild beauty. The most obvious clearContinue reading “Studio Shangri-La Fine Art Feature: Urban Wildflower Variations”

Studio Shangri-La Mixed Media @ Bogosplit, Copley Place

It’s great to be able to partner with Bogosplit at both Assembly Row and now Copley Place for this mixed media feature. On display and for sale are “fabricate::recreate” and “Alchemy Sun.” fabricate::recreate is a tribute to the unending process and potential of creation, from the cosmic – as this has a stellar/lunar appearance –Continue reading “Studio Shangri-La Mixed Media @ Bogosplit, Copley Place”

Studio Shangri-La Pop Art Feature: “Floating Hibiscus”

Studio Shangri-La • Floating Hibiscus • The foundation of everything is supreme beauty. The material is the spiritual & the spiritual is the material. There is more than meets the eye. Looking beyond the surface into the bioelectric realm, of a flower for instance, reveals its complex energy systems that inspire human technology. The mundaneContinue reading “Studio Shangri-La Pop Art Feature: “Floating Hibiscus””

Star Core I & II by Studio Shangri-La

Conceptual abstract photography on the expression of light / photons, for me a form of reverence. This is duo is also formed from light reflections on metal. The abstraction imagines thermonuclear fusion, awesome cosmic power, and imagining stars as vast data transmission centers, since light carries information. I’m also inspired by my ongoing studies bothContinue reading “Star Core I & II by Studio Shangri-La”

Studio Shangri-La Fine Art • Spring Deco Florals

Celebrating the bright warmth around here with local florals. In a modern deco scheme reminiscent of windows, these colorful works fancifully bring nature indoors. Available in large format and for high resolution download.

Nature’s Abstraction • Studio Shangri-La Fine Art Photography

Today’s theme is abstraction in nature, and abstract ideas and forms being birthed from nature. DISPERSION is marbleized pollen in water. This effect can be achieved with paint, yet nature is the original artist.

Studio Shangri-La Fine Art Photography: Autograph Tree / Clusea rosea

This large format horizontal piece makes use of both symmetry and asymmetry, like nature. And every plant and piece of nature has a function in the grand design, whether we’re immediately aware of it or not. The path of knowledge by respectful exploration will continue to reveal that.