Acrylic on canvas
12″ x 12″ x 1.5″

SOLD

Artist Name: Chantelle Trainor-Matties

Artist Bio: Chantelle Trainor-Matties, located in British Columbia, Canada is an artist with Nisga’a and Metis heritage who recently graduated with her Diploma in Visual Arts from the School of Creative Arts at the University of the Fraser Valley. She specializes in illustration, graphic design, and painting. Trainor-Matties works for herself and does freelance work for private and commercial clientele. Her work ranges from bold formline to charming cartoons to painterly realism and she has recently started to do more mural work. She is inspired by her late ferret companions, flora and fauna, the macabre, pop culture and her Indigenous heritage. She participates in a variety of events such showcases, markets, trade shows and has had her work displayed in multiple galleries in British Columbia.

Artist Statement: I am inspired by the macabre, by the structure that supports the body. This is a still life using my mini human skull model as my reference and I challenged myself to do this painterly study at a fast pace.

Find her online at:
https://frettchanstudios.ca/
@frettchanstudios