Shannon Reynolds is a painter and portraitist who lives and works in downtown Kitchener. She is a graduate of the University of Waterloo's fine arts program and also holds a Master's degree in English literature. When not working on portrait commissions, she works on her own, mostly portrait-based, painting series. Her paintings are in private collections across North America. Shannon does not tweet, but she keeps a blog, and answers email, and welcomes questions or comments about her work.