Gwynne McMaster is a 19 year old multidisciplinary artist whose current practice involves motion, memories, and mundane moments. With aims to connect with her audience through visual storytelling, she uses a variety of mediums that include traditional animation, painting, illustration, and video. Gwynne is particularly drawn to film and the notion that art can be brought to life on screen. Along with this, Gwynne’s work is inspired by the Canadian outdoor environment that surrounds her, as well old family photographs.

In 2017, Gwynne won the Fort Saskatchewan Art in and Public Places Award (Youth Category) for her Painting, Old Barn. On multiple occasions from 2017-2019, she also had her paintings displayed at Fort Saskatchewan City Hall, and has recently illustrated and self published her first graphic novel, Good Afternoon. Gwynne is currently in her final semester of the Fine Arts Diploma Program at MacEwan University and will be attending Vancouver Film School's Classical Animation Program this following September.

Bringing my art to life through motion is my intent as a visual storyteller. Inspired by memories and mundane moments, I like to acknowledge these aspects of life that are cast aside, forgotten, or unseen. I find that the natural Canadian environment strongly informs my work because recognizing the little moments within my surroundings helps me to better appreciate life.

My creative work includes primarily animation, although I also paint, draw, and work with video. I particularly enjoy working with traditional animation because of the hands on experience between pencil and paper. This allows for a more personal, tangible experience with materials rather than working digitally, although digital tools can also significantly help with my editing process. Thus far, I have created more experimental works because the lack of structure and narrative allows for limitless interpretations while giving myself more room to play and innovate, as I am still developing my professional practice.

Film in general has significantly motivated my personal work. The way that a film is shot and other technical components of capturing a scene is very often something I consider when I am using any medium and creating any composition, whether that be a still or moving image.