Morgan Sheppard

February 1 to 28, 2021

Morgan Sheppard, who was featured in an online exhibition in September 2020 on the Yorkton Arts Councils website, now has her work on display at the Community pARTners Gallery, located Yorkton Public Library.

About the artists

Morgan Sheppard is a grade 8 student at St.Paul’s School in Yorkton. She began making art when she was a small child. Her daycare encouraged her creative process and she has been making art ever since.

Morgan’s inspiration comes from nature. She is drawn to photos of animals, trees, birds and flowers which she searches out online. She is self taught and experimental in her technique using acrylic paints on canvas as well as watercolour, Sharpie marker and simmer mister. She will see paintings in art galleries or other public spaces and then go home and try to recreate what she saw by trial and error.

Her family is very supportive of her work with her mom always willing to buy paints, brushes and canvas and sometimes giving her ideas for new paintings. Both her younger brothers will often join her in her creative projects, working alongside her but often getting frustrated or distracted by other things.

Morgan is sure that painting will always be a part of her life. “It calms me down and helps me think,” she says, but she is not sure it is something she will pursue as a career.

Sandra MacColl was a visionary and had a quiet way of making her visions come to life.  In 2006 one of her visions came to life in the creation of the Community pARTners Gallery, a small public gallery space in the Yorkton Public Library.
 

The space is the result of a partnership of the City of Yorkton, the Yorkton Public Library and the Yorkton Arts Council.

It is a wonderful creative space that welcomes all. In her vision SandraMacColl saw beyond her own life and continues in her support of the arts even after passing away. Her generosity will ensure the continuation of the programming and maintenance of the Community pARTners Gallery for years to come.