About
I'm Chantal St Louis, a London based portrait artist. I've drawn my whole life, and in 2013 I decided to take it seriously. My first exhibition followed in March 2014, and I've painted most days since.
I work from photographs, but a painting can say what a photograph can't. A photo shows someone exactly as they were in one moment. A painting can bring out how they felt, through colour, tone and a few loose strokes.
My work has been collected by musicians, comedians and footballers, and most of it is made as a gift for someone else. Seeing their face when they open it is why I keep painting.
“It's beautiful. Thank you for the beauty you add to this world.”
“I don't like anything of myself. But this, this is sick!”
“Amazing! This really is the best gift I've received in a long time.”
“Best painted picture I've seen of myself.”
“Thank you so much for the Eminem painting. So good!”
