Raised and studied in Montreal, Canada and now resides in Florida. Shaw has enjoyed a career in advertising as a designer and art director. Her creative designs are featured on book covers, advertisements, collateral, media, and national and international corporate branding. Shaw now concentrates on fine art using multiple mediums, techniques and surfaces in her art and sculpture. She moves fluidly from realism into abstract, or fantasy into a minimalistic deconstruct of basic form and nature. In life, Shaw has successfully merged her love of people, world travel, art, architecture and languages. She is a licensed realtor and engages as a guest lecturer/art instructor aboard cruise ships.