paradise remixed
[2019]

  • "Can You Dig It? | Everything is Rosy," archival pigment on 100% cotton fine art William Turner Hahnemühle paper, 39"x12", one-of-a-kind, 2019, shawn saumell

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  • "Can You Dig It? | Foss For Us," archival pigment on 100% cotton fine art William Turner Hahnemühle paper, 39"x12", one-of-a-kind, 2019, shawn saumell

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  • "Can You Hear Me Now? | The Calm," archival pigment on 100% cotton fine art William Turner Hahnemühle paper, 39"x15", one-of-a-kind, 2019, shawn saumell

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  • "Can You Hear Me Now? | Ultraviolet," archival pigment on 100% cotton fine art William Turner Hahnemühle paper, 39"x15", one-of-a-kind, 2019, shawn saumell

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  • "Oh, The Places You'll Sew | Royally," archival pigment on 100% cotton fine art William Turner Hahnemühle paper, 39"x13", one-of-a-kind, 2019, shawn saumell

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  • "Oh, The Places You'll Sew | The Blues," archival pigment on 100% cotton fine art William Turner Hahnemühle paper, 39"x13", one-of-a-kind, 2019, shawn saumell

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  • "Oh, The Places You'll Sew | Coppertone," archival pigment on 100% cotton fine art William Turner Hahnemühle paper, 39"x13", one-of-a-kind, 2019, shawn saumell

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  • "Oh, The Places You'll Sew," photograph on skateboard deck, one-of-a-kind, 2018, shawn saumell

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  • "Power to the People," photograph on skateboard deck, one-of-a-kind, 2018, shawn saumell

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  • "Oh, The Places You'll Sew [meta-lurgy]," archival pigments on brushed aluminum, 36"x10.5", one-of-a-kind, 2019, shawn saumell

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  • "Can You Dig It? [meta-lurgy]," archival pigment on brushed aluminum, 36"x9", one-of-a-kind, 2019, shawn saumell

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artist statement

Paradise Remixed extends the visual and conceptual foundation of Paradise Still Lost by reimagining selected works through alternative palettes, materials, and methods of presentation. Rather than creating entirely new landscapes, this series explores how shifts in color, surface, and medium influence perception, emotion, and meaning.

Each piece begins with an existing composition from Paradise Still Lost, preserving its intricate network of hidden details and environmental narratives while transforming its visual language. Familiar landscapes become newly charged through unexpected color relationships, altered atmospheres, or alternative physical presentations, encouraging viewers to reconsider not only what they see but how they see it.

If Paradise Still Lost examines humanity's evolving relationship with the natural world, Paradise Remixed investigates the ways visual interpretation shapes that relationship. The series asks how changes in aesthetic experience can alter our understanding of place, memory, beauty, and environmental consequence, revealing that perception itself is an active participant in constructing meaning.