Welcome to the Christil Trumpet website.

'Christil Trumpet' is an artistic collaborative between Orkney-based artists Matilda Tumim and Christopher Prendergast, with support from their three sons, Josh (13), Theo (10) and Erlend (8).

+ why christil trumpet?

Christil Trumpet is a shortened, bawdy anagram made from the two artists' names - Matilda Tumim and Christopher Prendergast.

Making art together is a natural extension of their shared life. For them, collaboration is a symbiotic process and it is their common intention to provoke thoughts about the nature of beauty through their artwork.

The Christil Trumpet studio in Stromness

To find out more about commissions and pricing of work - please use our contact page to get in touch.

We also run a 4 star self catering holiday accommodation - Stevand - in Outertown, Stromness.

+ Visit Stevand

+ quick links

+ Christil Trumpet projects
+ Wave
+ Foul Flora, Weird Waves
+ Free Radicals
+ Wedded
+ Constellation
+ Goldilocks
+ More about Orkney
+ More about Matilda
+ More about Christopher
+ Contact Christil Trumpet

+ background

Christopher and Matilda both graduated from Falmouth School of Art & Design in 1984, following which they spent six months travelling around India. Matilda then went on to do a postgraduate degree in painting at the Royal College of Art (RCA), graduating in 1987. They moved from London to Orkney in 1989 and lived in Herston, South Ronaldsay, before moving to Stromness, where they have lived ever since.

+ More about Matilda
+ More about Christopher
+ Christil Trumpet projects