Bonnie Sheckter
Bonnie Sheckter is an award-winning Canadian artist who has been creating drawings in colored pencil for almost 25 years. She is enthralled with this medium’s capability for capturing delicate detail, realistic textures and luminous color. In 2015 she switched from Stonehenge paper to using Drafting Film as her substrate because of its lovely smooth surface and because it is completely erasable; another bonus is that it works well for both additive and subtractive techniques. She has found it a wonderfully challenging and rewarding journey to both overcome drafting film’s limitations and to utilize its excellent qualities The genre of portraiture holds a world of fascination for Bonnie as she strives to capture unique and candid moments that give voice to our emotional complexity and humanity. In this era which pushes towards efficiency, she loves the value of slowing down, marveling at tactile details and taking time to reflect on the inner lives of people.
Bonnie has signature status in the Colored Pencil Society of America (CPSA) and is an Executive Member of the Canadian Society of Artists. (CSA)
Recent selected shows include:
Impact 2024, Neilson Park Creative Centre
Society of Ontario Artists 2024 Open Juried exhibition, Toronto
Paint Ontario, Grand Bend, 2024 First Place Portrait, Sponsor’s Choice Awards
Camelback Gallery Figurative 2024 Art Exhibition Silver Award
Art Fluent, Face to Face 2024
Society of Canadian Artists 2024 International Exhibition
Light Space &Time 14th Figurative, 2024 Special Merit & Special Recognition Awards
Arts North 29 International, Hopkins Center for the Arts, MN 2024 Sterling Award II
Camelback Gallery Artist Invitational VIII, 2024 Bronze Award
Federation of Canadian Artists, 2024, Annual International Representational 2024
Richeson 75 Small Works 2024, Finalist
United Kingdom Colour Pencil Society “Inside the Lines” 2023 Best Picture Award
International Guild of Realism, Santa Fe, NM, 2023 Director’s Choice Award
Society of Canadian Artists Open International, 2023 2nd Place for Excellence Award
To see more of her work, please visit www.bonniesheckter.com