Shantael Sleight is a Calgary painter who incorporates various materials in her work, ranging from fabrics and wax to graphite and oils. In her work, Shantael focuses on the under appreciated subtleties of the common crow, its space and surroundings and how this parallels human existence. Shantael started her art education at Red Deer College before graduating from the Alberta College of Art and Design with a BFA, majoring in painting. She's spent years researching and observing crow behavior and exhibits her work throughout Alberta.

	"Sleight could be a visual Jane Goodall of the avians, opening a universe that usually perches and hops at the periphery of ours, only noticed in particular magnified incidents of acrobatic flying grace or fights over stray French fries. Our species chauvinism’s challenged by Sleight’s crow soap opera, played out in parallel to our lives: how similar yet alien we are, although sharing this space and time." VUE Weekly September 25 - October 1 2008 Click here to read the article.
	"Sleight's intention is to entertain a new perspective, invite curiosity and reveal the simple and complex beauty of the crow." Red Deer Express Wednesday, December 5, 2007 Click here to read the article.
	"...Using a variety of mateials, including fabric, papers, wax, and graphite, I explore the subtlleties of the common crow, its space and surroundings ..." Filling Station Magazine Issue 033, 2005 Click here to view the article.
	"...As if on cue, the cafe owner hollers his approval of the art the tireless curator has placed in his busy bistro: a haunting series of crow portraits by Calgarian painter Shantael Sleight." Edmonton Journal Friday, June 20, 2003 Click here to read the article.