It’s been a marvellous odyssey of learning, change, success, failure, agents, galleries, and exploration all fired by my deep passion for art. I bring that fire for art to my mentorship groups. You’ll learn ways to explore your imagination and bring those ideas to your art along with the step-by-step approach I take to creating my whimsical work. If you’re a realist you’ll learn how to make things ‘not real’. And if you’re in it just to explore and expand your repertoire of skills and energize your artistic spirit, then you’ll be in the perfect group! You’re about to reach beyond what you think is possible with your art.
There’s more! We’ll talk about a methodical approach to getting your work out there and building a collector base. In my own practice, I’m re-evaluating trending marketing methods and questioning if they really suit me and I’m looking at ways to streamline and personalize marketing to suit my personality. How does one handle marketing methods that feel a bit sleazy? Is there a way to market that feels better? I think so. I’ll share that with you too!
The key skills I teach are applicable to any style and subject matter. Join me, I’ll tell you everything I can in our time together.
Cindy’s EXPERTISE
Listed below are this Mentor’s specialty skills. Join this group if you want to grow in these areas.
“Mastrius has done wonders for my confidence. I have managed to step way outside of my comfort zone which has in turn given rise to so many more opportunities to further my art career.”
Deb Nicolaisen, Emerging Artist
Cindy is very empowering and supportive in her critiques.
I had the pleasure of being in Cindy Revell’s Mastrius group and was warmly welcomed by the group members and the talented teacher. Cindy provided me with valuable resources information and mentorship with live demos. Her gift at teaching gave me the both the skills and most importantly the confidence to grow as an artist. Cindy meets you where you’re at in your art journey and makes a concerted effort to provide feedback and exercises specific to your unique journey as an artist. Her work is vibrant, complex yet playful and whimsical. Her teaching style represents all of that and more!
Elizabeth, Aspiring Artist
Cindy is awesome! She gives great demos and critiques!
Cindy is very skillful and the demos she does on composition are very helpful.
Cindy manages to jam so much in without it feeling rushed!
I was feeling stuck and unsure about how to evolve my art practice when I decided to mentor under Cindy. Cindy’s guidance, demos, critiques, and encouragement helped me break through my creative block and explore new ideas and techniques. I’m grateful for her insights and encouragement, which have given me a clearer direction and renewed inspiration.
Cindy is so generous with sharing her knowledge and experience!
Cindy is a wealth of knowledge and is making my mind stretch!
Cindy is so generous with sharing her knowledge and experience!
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Emerging
Mentorship Membership
$ USD87/Monthly Membership
Whimsical Art - We'll explore its aspects, and the steps from imagination to creating a whimsical painting. Use any medium you are proficient in.
Next session: May 15, 2024
On the 3rd Wednesday of every month 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM MDT Wed
Cindy Revell’s vividly colored oil paintings are created in a sunny studio where a shrimpy, personable mutt and ancient cat keep her company and provide inspiration. Revell and her talented husband who can build or fix anything live in the countryside outside of Sherwood Park, Alberta.
After a few detours, Cindy took Environmental Graphic Design at Grant MacEwan University. It was a magical and inspiring time as she learned about art history, design, and illustration. A love of the old masters was born and she knew that art was a world in which she belonged. After college Cindy worked as a graphic designer and illustrator during which time she developed a whimsical and simple style using scratchboard. It would strongly influence her future work.
But life is never static and change was coming. Cindy began oil painting as a way to invigorate her illustration work and in doing so her interest in the old masters and her love of realism was rekindled. She began painting realistic still lifes full of glowing light and the rich warm palette that was such a key part of her illustration. It was at this time that a gallery owner asked Cindy if she would do an exhibit of her illustration. She was extremely busy with her work and oil painting and the timing didn’t seem right, in addition she felt that her small acrylic illustrations would not make a suitable show. But a seed was planted and the idea never completely left.
Over the years Cindy's evolving work has been in numerous shows but there are some that have stood out for her because of high caliber of artists that she was showing with, gripping subject matter and personal accomplishment. Some special events are: The Best of Realism, Winstanley-Roark Fine Art, Cape Cod, MA, Contemporary Realism, Trudy Labell Fine Arts, Naples, Fl, Success, Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver, BC, The New Reality, Smith Kramer Travelling Museum Exhibition, USA, Tell Us A Story, Segil Fine Art, Old Town Monrovia, CA, Project Heroes, Travelling Exhibition, Canada, and Be Your Own Bird: Solo show, Daffodil Gallery, Edmonton, AB. Cindy and her work have been featured in numerous newspaper articles and published in many magazines.
Cindy was honoured with a nomination for a Governor General’s award for illustration early in her career and has received numerous awards recognizing both her illustration and oil painting. She is a member of The Oil Painters of America and a signature member of The Federation of Canadian Artists (AFCA). She is represented by The Artym Gallery, Invermere, BC, Bezanson Art Consultant, Vancouver, BC, Candler Art Gallery, Camrose, AB, Illustration Online LLC Philadelphia, PA, and Xanadu Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ.
Today you will still find Cindy dreaming, thinking ‘what if’ and ‘anything is possible’ as she creates magical worlds in paint. While she is serenaded by bird song coming through the delightfully squeaky screen door of her studio she is reminded of our magnificent individuality within the great connection of all life and tries to get a little bit of that in each painting.
