The Worlds We Create is a conceptual portrait series in which figures are accompanied by expansive cosmos imagery representing the “worlds” constructed within the mind. The work examines how thoughts, beliefs, and internal narratives shape personal reality, highlighting both the visionary potential of the human imagination and its capacity to distort, limit, or liberate. The series invites viewers to consider how the realities they inhabit are, in part, self-authored.

Rare Roses is a painting series by Nicole Shannon depicting genetically abnormal roses as a metaphor for human difference, dignity, beauty, and inherent worth.