FORGET - Sophie Turk is a Grade 11 student who attends the Stoughton Central School, and she loves to draw.
Turk has lived in Forget for the past six years with her parents Morgan and Donna Turk, and her younger brother Spencer.
She was born and raised in Calgary but her mom Donna did a lot of travelling to Saskatchewan with her fiddle, as both of Sophie Turk’s parents are musicians.
Travelling became too much for the family. One day coming back from Kenosee Lake, the family looked at a home in Forget, and decided to move to this small village, where they would be able to have more time as a family.
Sophie Turk said that they are a close-knit family, and she enjoys time with them.
When the family moved, Turk admitted it was hard at first to come to a new school, but she had already made friends in Forget because of the travels with her parents.
For the past three years, her mother has played with a band called the Tilted Kilts. They have performed at the Happy Nun Café in Forget, as well at the Grey Cups events before game day and other events.
Morgan Turk plays guitar and has accompanied Teagan Littlechief on many occasions. He also enjoys drawing and has played at Kenosee camps.
Hunter takes piano lessons and Sophie Turk looks forward to the day she can sing, while he plays.
Although Turk enjoys music, her passion is art.
She started to draw when she was young and would draw Chibis while watching YouTube videos on how to draw them.
Her desires to draw grew as she got older, especially for animated characters.
Recently she took her talent to a different level and began to paint electrical covers. She made her own designs and sketches, then painted them on the covers and added a clear coat to protect the paint from chipping.
Turk attended her first craft show in Stoughton in November with her electrical covers and now will display them at Michael’s Coffee Shop in Carlyle.
She paints animated animals and characters, but also silhouettes of animals and the living skies of Saskatchewan.
She also enjoys dressing up as fictional characters and applying the makeup that goes with them.
It is her future hope to attend an art school to further her talent.
