Featuring Works by Luvon Sheppard
The RMSC Museum & Science Center has opened its newest temporary exhibition, Reflections: The Light Within, by Rochester artist Luvon Sheppard. The exhibit, hosted on the third floor of the RMSC, is based on Luvon Sheppard’s deeply expressive works and his legacy rooted in decades of painting, teaching, and building community.
In this new series of work by Sheppard, he showcases watercolor scenes painted en plein air along the Erie Canal, showcasing the historical infrastructure of our region with a soft, natural gaze. Also featuring work by Steve Hill, the exhibition originated in celebration of the Erie Canal’s Bicentennial year. Steve Hill has engaged in plein air painting for more than forty years, in such places as the Genesee River, the Finger Lakes, and the desert of New Mexico.
Art is a conversation between the world and the soul.”
– Luvon Sheppard
Luvon Sheppard lauds a half-century career as an artist, educator (professor), and an impactful community collaborator. Known for his watercolors, he has decades of experience and influence that ripple through the Rochester art community. Sheppard owns Joy Gallery and Studio with his wife, Frances Sheppard, where they showcase work from area artists and continue to encourage the vibrancy of the local art community.
The artist’s philosophy and art practice are intuitively led, pulling from his lived experiences, meditations, and personal reflections. He creates a space within his paintings where the outer landscape meets his inner life. Trees, rivers, porches, and skies become more than subjects to him–they serve as mirrors of memory, spirit, and self.
Reflections: The Light Within can be viewed through March 21, 2027. The original artwork is available for purchase. Visitors can also find Sheppard’s work on an even larger scale, in the form of a mural on view in the first-floor Wonders of Water exhibit.
For more information and to purchase tickets, visit https://rmsc.org/exhibits/luvon/.
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