Featured Artists

Melanie Stimmell

Is a Signature Member of the Pastel Society of America, she began Street Painting in 1998 and has painted at festivals throughout the US and Internationally. The only woman to have won the title of 'Maestro' and several Gold Medals in both Italy and Germany, Melanie Stimmell is an internationally recognized street painter, working with clients in Turkey, Holland, Canada, and throughout the U.S. Commissioned by corporations and ad agencies for special events, performance art and interactive media which includes tv, film, and print Melanie’s street paintings convey the spirit of creativity, art, and culture.

 Born and raised in LA, Melanie graduated with honors from Art Center College of Design. She began her career as a free lance illustrator for children's magazines and educational toys and soon landed a job as a Lead Technical Director for the feature film 'South Park'...Bigger, Longer, and Uncut.' Upon completion of the film she was asked to join the crew of the very popular 'South Park' series where she worked for 7 years. Leaving the entertainment industry to follow her passion and paint full time Melanie has found her voice in street painting and figurative art. She also finds time to teach art to children of all ages through the Orange County Performing Arts center and the Los Angeles Music Center.

Axl T. Ernst 

Born and raised in Nova Scotia, Axl T. Ernst now finds herself as a professional working artist in the heart of downtown London, Ontario.  Working with acrylic-based media, graphite and pastel, Axl's regular body of work mostly consists of textural fossil reliefs and drawings. While ancient fossils and other natural phenomena typically dominate the subject matter of her work, her fascination with these things stem from a long love of fantasy and surreal art. Returning to her love of weird creepy things, most of her street paintings to date have been depictions of beautiful dragons and sea monsters.

If people want to learn more about Axl and her work, please visit her weblog at
axlsart.livejournal.com or you can find her in her studio above The ARTS Project.

Andrew R Gillet

Art Education:
96-00 Apprenticeship with American Photo-realist Cesar Santander

Showing:
- Andrew Gillets’ The Studio Gallery @ the Covent Garden Market London
- Diamond Newman Fine Arts Gallery Boston Ma
- Shayne Gallery Montreal PQ Solo shows 99 One London Place London
- 00 Artistix Gallery London 03 Wilfred Laurier University Waterloo (broke record for attendance for a 1 month show)

Group Shows:
- 02 Bruce R Lewin Galleries NYC
- 02 Robert Kidd Gallery Birmingham MI
- 02-06 Regional Gallery Fundraiser London ( Peoples Choice Award 05 &06)
- 02 Two Man Dandy Show Zappata’s Gallery

Shown @
- 01 Marcia Raffleman Gallery Toronto
- 00 Peterson Fine Art Gallery Toronto
- 99-07 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition

Charities:
- Robarts School for the Deaf
- London Community Living Chair Auction
- Hospice of London
- Thames Valley Children’s Hospital London
- “Brush with Fame” St Josephs Hospital London

Awards: (3)
- Museum London Art mart Peoples Choice 2004 - 2005 2006
- Expressions in Chalk Street Art Festival Peoples Choice 2006 Awarded two murals in open call by Bell Telephone

Misc:
- Official Artist for the 2007 World Under 17 Hockey Challenge
- Commissioned to paint gift for Michel Buble for Global Spectrum Entertainment