Toronto-based Nishinaabe artist Mel Bartel believes that all art is healing and therapeutic.
She is known for her expressive and intuitive ability to capture emotion, personality and spirit with paint & mixed-media on wood cradled panels. She studied art at Claude Watson School for the Arts in Toronto and at OCAD briefly.
Mel grew up on the Manitoba prairies in a Mennonite family. When she learned she’d been given up for adoption by a single Ojibway mom from Lac Seul First Nation, she began exploring her Nishinaabe roots. Her Nishinaabe Name is Nendowaamjiget ~ which translates to "Seeker" in English. Mel is Wolf Clan.
She is known for her expressive and intuitive ability to capture emotion, personality and spirit with paint & mixed-media on wood cradled panels. She studied art at Claude Watson School for the Arts in Toronto and at OCAD briefly.
Mel grew up on the Manitoba prairies in a Mennonite family. When she learned she’d been given up for adoption by a single Ojibway mom from Lac Seul First Nation, she began exploring her Nishinaabe roots. Her Nishinaabe Name is Nendowaamjiget ~ which translates to "Seeker" in English. Mel is Wolf Clan.
