Painted idol
Mikayla Demaiter
1 painting in the series ▪ publishes as @mikaylademaiter
Photograph published by Mikayla Demaiter on X ▪ source
See the workShe looks straight back at whoever is standing in front of the canvas, and she is in no hurry to stop.
Who is Mikayla Demaiter?
Mikayla Demaiter is a Canadian model and content creator from Chatham, Ontario. Before modelling she was an ice hockey goaltender, playing for the Bluewater Hawks in Ontario's Provincial Women's Hockey League.
After leaving competitive hockey she turned to modelling full time. Most of her work is seen on Instagram and TikTok.
This summary is put together from publicly available sources and has not been checked with her. If something here is wrong or she would rather it were not here, write to the studio and it is corrected or removed.
Where you know her from
- 2019Covered as goaltender for the Bluewater Hawks (PWHL)Fox News
- 2023Profiled as a former goaltender turned full-time modelSportskeeda
Painting Mikayla Demaiter in the studio
Almost everything around her is one purple, put down with the knife and left rough. The bikini is the same colour as the wall behind her, so what stands out is not what she is wearing but her skin and the light in her hair.
It is called Hot Summer. The purple is cool; the look is not.
Mikayla Demaiter paintings: what exists
Oil on stretched canvas, 100 x 80 cm, signed, one of one, from Painted Idols. Painted from a photograph she published herself, and the painting credits it. A hand-signed print exists in a small edition that is never reprinted. The canvas was painted by hand from that photograph; what it became is the painter's doing, not hers.
What is still available, and at what price, is on the cards below.
“Something stops me. Then I have to deal with it.”
I wrote to Mikayla Demaiter about this painting, as I do to every woman in the series. Not every message gets an answer. If you are Mikayla Demaiter, or you made the photograph, and you would rather it were not shown here: write to the studio and it comes down. No explanation needed.
Works featuring Mikayla Demaiter
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Hot SummerMikayla
100 × 80 cm
€950
Hot SummerMikayla: signed print on paper
100 × 80 cm
€35
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Questions about the paintings of Mikayla Demaiter
Is a painting of Mikayla Demaiter for sale?
Yes. The one original painting of Mikayla Demaiter, Mikayla (Hot Summer), is still available. It is one of one and will not be painted again.
How big are the paintings of Mikayla Demaiter?
Mikayla (Hot Summer) is 100 × 80 cm. The signed prints are 100 × 80 cm.
Are there prints of the paintings of Mikayla Demaiter?
Yes. Mikayla (Hot Summer) has a hand-signed print on paper, in an edition of 50: printed once, never reprinted.
Did Mikayla Demaiter pose for these paintings?
No. They are painted from photographs that Mikayla Demaiter published herself. She did not sit for them, and what the canvases became is the painter’s doing, not hers.
