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Reflections: The Light Within
New works by Luvon sheppard
In his newest plein air series, Luvon Sheppard explores serene scenes along the Erie Canal, showcasing the historical infrastructure of the region with a soft, natural gaze. This exhibit includes featured paintings by Sheppard’s friend and colleague, Steve Hill.
About the exhibit
Rooted in decades of painting, teaching, and building community, Luvon Sheppard’s work carries wisdom quietly and powerfully. Reflections is a journey through spaces both familiar and new, external and internal. A walk through it is like standing before nature and asking: What part of me lives here, too?
In his newest plein air series, Reflections: The Light Within, Sheppard invites us into the still, sacred space where outer landscape meets inner life. Trees, rivers, porches, and skies are more than subjects–they become mirrors of memory, spirit, and self. Each painting is a meditation, drawn from real places and remembered feelings. Through layers of color and light, Sheppard reflects not only what he sees, but what he knows: that art is a conversation between the world and the soul.
Luvon Sheppard
About the artist
Luvon Sheppard lauds a 50+ year career as an artist, educator (professor), and community collaborator. Known for his watercolors, he possesses decades of experience and influence which ripple out into the art community we know today in Rochester. Sheppard owns Joy Gallery and Studio with his wife, Frances, where they show works from area artists.
Sheppard was born in Florida and moved to Rochester at a young age. He earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from Rochester Institute of Technology. In the 1970s, Sheppard was hired at the Memorial Art Gallery as coordinator of neighborhood services, where he took art into neighborhoods to introduce art to the community.
His philosophy and art practice is intuitively led, pulling from his lived experiences, meditations, and personal reflections.