About Shannon

Hi. I’m Shannon.

I’m a late-in-life lesbian, Texas Master Naturalist, recovering corporate cog, and relentless chaser of awe.

I’ve spent most of my life in professional pursuits advancing others, from civilian contractor for the U.S. military and non-profits to Fortune 100 corporate. I’ve worked very hard being very good at things that had nothing to do with birds, clay, cameras, or chasing rainbows. Eventually I decided to find out what happened if I oriented my life around the things that actually light me up.

So far it’s meant a lot of time in nature with a camera and hours behind canvases, a pottery wheel, and 3D printer, and more than a few days in or under my SUV being slowly converted into a mobile field studio, all with Lily, my one-eyed rescue pit mix and permanent shadow nearby.

Chasing Awe is where nature, tech, space, LGBTQIA+ life, and the occasional honest detour all live together, because that’s how they live in me. I’ve started over more than once. (I have thoughts.)

I’m glad you’re here.