Canadian artist, S.J. Dopheide discovered a love for art from an early age. Drawing came naturally, and along with a love for nature, many wildlife related sketches made their way into her sketchbooks. As her love for drawing instinctively transitioned into painting, she quickly realized acrylic paint to be her preferred medium. 

Maintaining a lifelong passion for art and creativity, S.J.'s interests in computer generated art and technology led her to pursue a post-secondary career in Multimedia, Animation and Computer Graphic design. Graduating with high honours, she was hired as a Multimedia Producer by a T.V. and Media organization. Today, S.J. alongside her husband operate a company where she facilitates a Website Administrator and Marketing roll.

Over the years, S.J's career has included pet portrait commissions, winning third place in The Chrysler Search for Canadian Wildlife Artists, offering her time as a face painter to raise funds for Sick Kids and donating paintings to various auctions and events. She also provided an after-school arts program for young children and has hosted private adult workshops teaching acrylic and resin techniques. S.J. strongly believes in the therapeutic effects of art and that art is for everyone at any skill level.

S.J.'s art continues to grow, where her first interests lied in wildlife and pet portraiture, she now expands into a colourful world of landscape, flora, and abstract work. Currently, she is exploring different techniques and incorporating them into her paintings resulting in contemporary and dynamic pieces.