Visual Artist-Painter<\/p>\n
I am One Fortunate Artist, living the life for which I was created.<\/p>\n
Since childhood I have been creating and exploring some sort of art-related visual project.\u00a0 Being a creative person, my life as an artist assured that there was a safe harbor deep inside.\u00a0 Art has always been a loving, joyous, nurturing, grounding and healing part of me.\u00a0 I grew into adulthood knowing that I had a special gift, which has guiding me to make favorable life choices that honored my authentic self.<\/p>\n
I grew up in post-war Detroit, Michigan, my family of first-generation Americans worked to provide a better life for their three children.\u00a0 My mother saw to it that I was exposed to the world of museums, dance and art.\u00a0 She and I traveled by public transportation to after-school classes for gifted art students at the Detroit Institute of Art.<\/p>\n
\u201cPaint by Numbers\u201d oil painting connected me to the artists I admired.\u00a0 What joy!\u00a0 I continue to experience the thrill of applying paint just as I did in childhood.<\/p>\n
As an art teacher in the Detroit Public Schools I learned to plan and organize effectively.\u00a0 I loved teaching art to inner city students and 30 years later I am teaching an adult population following their art dreams.\u00a0 I have worked as a textile colorist and designer, accessories designer and importer, jewelry designer and owner of ArtZone Decorative Painting Co.<\/p>\n
However, on Saturdays and summer vacations I maintained a lifeline to art classes at the Art Students league of NY and the National Academy.\u00a0 I found a strong art community and also met and married fellow painter Joe Ardizzone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Visual Artist-Painter I am One Fortunate Artist, living the life for which I was created. Since childhood I have been creating and exploring some sort of art-related visual project.\u00a0 Being a creative person, my life as an artist assured that there was a safe harbor deep inside.\u00a0 Art has always been a loving, joyous, nurturing,<\/p>\n