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STAY HEALTHY, STAY SAFE, STAY ISOLATED, CALL YOUR LOVED ONES, CHECK ON YOUR NEIGHBOR, DON’T PANIC AND WASH YOUR HANDS.
THIS PANDEMIC WILL PASS.
IN THE MEANTIME (IF YOU ARE ABLE) PLEASE SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES, ARTISTS AND CRAFTS PEOPLE. MANY EVENTS THAT ARTISTS HAVE BOOKED HAVE BEEN CANCELED OR POSTPONED AND BUSINESSES ARE CLOSING THEIR DOORS TO AID IN PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS. YOU CAN DO THIS BY PURCHASING FROM THEIR ONLINE SHOPS, CHOOSING TO SHOP LOCALLY OR BUYING GIFT CARDS, COMMISSIONING ARTISTS, SHARING THEIR WORK WITH YOUR FRIENDS ETC.
Frettchan Studios
Art by Chantelle Trainor-Matties
Chantelle Trainor-Matties (Dip.VA), is a freelance/contract artist that specializes in illustration, graphic design and acrylic painting. She is located in beautiful British Columbia, Canada. Her main inspirations are her late ferret children (rest in peace) who live on in her artwork. Other favorite subjects are flora and fauna, pop culture, the macabre, and North West Coast Art inspired by her Indigenous heritage of Nisg̱a’a and Métis.
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Rest in Peace Kēki
My ferret Kēki passed away on Feb. 12, less than a week shy of her 7th birthday... She is the little white ferret you'll see in a lot of my artwork and posts online, she is a child to me [...]