Matthew Mitchell (artist)

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Matthew Mitchell
NationalityAmerican
Known for Fantasy art

Matthew Mitchell is an American artist whose work has appeared in role-playing games.

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Early life and education

Originally from Minnesota, Matthew Mitchell spent a year studying biology/premedical illustration at Iowa State University in Ames. [1] Mitchell then attended the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. [2] Mitchell collaborated with artist Perre DiCarlo and local community gardeners to build a stone amphitheater in Manhattan's Lower East Side, and then worked as a cabinetmaker and a welder. [1]

Career

Mitchell is known for his work on the Magic: The Gathering card game. [3] His Dungeons & Dragons work includes Book of Exalted Deeds , Epic Level Handbook , and Draconomicon .

He has worked on a series of paintings of American soldiers from Afghanistan and Iraq called "100 Faces of War Experience". [4]

Mitchell is married to Rebecca Guay. They live in Amherst, Massachusetts. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Frankel, Karen (September 2007). "Applying Rembrandt's Portrait Technique", American Artist 71 (779): 34, 36, 38–40. Convenience link.
  2. "The Public Humanist". Archived from the original on 2012-02-15. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
  3. "Card Search - Search: "Matthew Mitchell" - Gatherer - Magic: The Gathering". gatherer.wizards.com. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  4. "100 Faces of War Experience". Archived from the original on 2009-10-22. Retrieved 2012-02-16.