Elly Smallwood
Painter
Instagram star and painter who is known for creating a variety of portraits in both oil, colored pencil, and pastel. She is known for posting her work to her over 500,000 Instagram followers.
She first began posting pictures to her Instagram of her art in February of 2014.
In addition to her Instagram, she runs a patreon page where her fans can pay for instructional videos, time lapse videos, and critiques on their own work.
She was born and raised in Ottawa, Canada. She posted a picture with her mother, father, and brother at the Benjamin Eck gallery.
Other painters from Canada include Emily Carr, Robert Bateman and Tom Thomson.