About…

Stephanie Sheppard is a Western Australian multi-media artist with a predominant interest in portraiture.  She works with a variety of mediums including oil, acrylic, pastels and charcoal, and printmaking. She enjoys working directly from life to produce lively sketches and paintings of the sitters, producing a spirited style of work.

She has been painting and drawing for most of her life and completed a period of study on a casual basis from 2012 - 2016 at the London Atelier of Representational Art, studying classical drawing and painting. She had a career in fashion design and manufacture prior to retiring overseas and pursuing her art on a more serious basis, having participated in solo and group exhibitions in Angola and Kazakhstan.

Portraiture is her first love. She values capturing the likeness and expression in her finished portraits choosing colour and brushwork to evoke a mood, in an attempt to draw in and hold the viewer.  Her work has an expression of both skill and confidence, to seize a moment, which is evident in each final piece. 

The importance of an eye-catching composition, followed by accurate values in shadow and light are components held steadfast in whatever she paints and draws, be it portraiture, still life, or landscape.  She prefers always to work from life when possible.

She was a Lester Prize for portraiture finalist 2024. The painting ‘Sabrina’ was later purchased by the Lester Group to hang in their office.

Stephanie has her own studio within The Newcastle Street Collective space, 39 Newcastle Street. Perth WA 6000 where she offers tuition on drawing and painting by request.