Max Sheppard works primarily with wood found on local beaches and marshland, incorporating additional materials such as plastics and metal to construct wall-based reliefs. His practice produces abstract, boxy, and angular compositions that draw loosely from architecturally inspired drawings, with an emphasis on form, structure, and the inherent conditions of his chosen materials. Working in a methodical yet intuitive manner, Sheppard limits pre-planning, allowing material qualities—shape, texture, and surface degradation—to guide the development of each piece. Paint and other media are applied selectively, with varying levels of coverage, to establish tonal balance or deliberate contrast between natural and man-made elements. His work explores the intersection of architecture, construction, and material chance, where process and adaptation are as significant as composition.