Peace Arch News creative-services artist Catherine Sheppard’s personal art work has received prestigious recognition from her peers.
Her Symphony of Feathers – a vivid and exquisitely detailed pastel portrait of a preening Sandhill Crane – graces the cover of the March-April edition of Art Avenue, a Federation of Canadian Artist’s publication.
The pastel received first prize of $500 in Artist’s Choice contest judged in February, and open to some 2,000 artists in the federation, of which she is also an associate member.
“About 65 people can get into the show, for which the venue is the Federation Gallery on Granville Island,” Sheppard said.
“To win is marvellous, but to get first prize and a cover – I was pretty pleased,” she said.
Sheppard, who only took up pastels six years ago, has also worked in oils and watercolour.
She is also a member of the Pastel Artists of Canada and the South Delta Artists Guild and participates frequently in shows at the Federation Gallery and the guild’s Gallery 1710 in Tsawwassen.
