Shawn's signature brushwork has appeared in advertising, music, magazines, children's books, corporate, entertainment and newspapers. Particularly recognized for his portrait work, he has been honored by American Illustration, The Society of Illustrators, Communication Arts, RSVP, and The Artist's Magazine among others. Shawn's first published art book, 'Tattooed Portraits' was published by 9mm Books in March of 2006.

Articles and reviews of his work have appeared in ArtNews, Juxtapoz Magazine, the Artist's Magazine, International Tattoo Magazine, Garage Magazine, Cool'eh magazine and SF Weekly. His work has been featured in Taschen Books' Illustration Now (2005) and 1000 Best Web Portfolios (2005), Harper Collins' The Big Book of Illustration Ideas (2004) and Mark Murphy's Dialogue Book (2004).

Shawn's paintings have been exhibited in diverse solo and group venues including: The Shooting Gallery, San Francisco, CA; The Lineage Gallery, Philadelphia, PA; Strychnin Gallery, Berlin, Germany; CPop Gallery, Detroit, MI; Outer Edge Studio, Monterey, CA; The Society of Illustrators, NY, NY; White Walls, San Francisco, CA; Cazenovia College, Cazenovia, NY; The Selby Gallery, Ringling, Sarasota, FL. His work is in collections worldwide, including those of Mat Hoffman, Van Morrison, Christian Slater and Rolling Stone magazine's founder Jan Wenner.

Shawn received his BFA in 1999 from the Ringling School of Art & Design, in Sarasota, FL. He has lectured and given painting demo's at several American Universities and Art Institutions. Currently a Professor of Illustration at the California College of Arts in San Francisco; he has also coordinated and taught Painting and Illustration for Ringling's Precollege Summer Program from 2000 to 2005; taught Drawing, Painting, Illustration and Portraiture for the Ringling School of Art from 2000-2004; and taught Narrative Illustration for the MFA Illustration Department at the Academy of Art in San Francisco in 2005. Shawn has also lectured and given painting demo's for the ConceptArt.Org's Workshops in Prague, San Francisco and Montreal.

Additionally, Shawn is working his way through a tattoo apprenticeship with Mike Davis of Everlasting Tattoo in San Francisco.