My artistic journey began in 1998 when I tried my hand at faux finishing the walls of our new bathroom. This led to me quitting my New York City corporate job of 23 years after watching the attacks on September 11, 2001 from my NY office window. My boss wanted me to take work with …
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Straight out of high school, I became a legal secretary; I excelled at typing and stenography, so it was a natural path to choose. My first job was $3 an hour!! (I’m dating myself here, right?!!) For the last 23 years of my corporate life, I was a legal secretary and office manager for …
I am so thankful the majority of my clients are such wonderful people. It makes the drudgery of transporting paints and materials in and out of vehicles and houses all day long must more bearable! I have been working on various projects in this home for the past seven years. As you can see, …
“Spring Has Sprung”, 24 x 30, acrylics I live in New York, and the last months of winter were unbearably long! We were inundated with snow at every turn. It even snowed on the first day of spring! I was so tired of looking out my window and seeing nothing but gray, dismal days. …
Well, it figures! Just when I was getting into the swing of things and being consistent with posting, I had computer issues where I couldn’t upload any photos. So I just kept plugging along, painting every night. In the last two weeks of the challenge, seems like I cranked out 27 small paintings! I had …
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I stepped it up tonight by going to a bigger canvas, 10″ x 10″. After staring at a blank four inch canvas for a bit, it was time to move on! The minute I put a bigger canvas in front of me, creativity started to flow, and here’s the result. PEONIES, 10 x 10, acrylics …
Bloomingdale’s Hosts Gallery Opening For Local Artist Debbie Viola When one of the managers saw my website, Bloomingdales Furniture Gallery in Garden City, NY asked if I did abstract paintings. “I do now!!!” So, I was invited me to create 30 large abstract paintings to adorn their furniture gallery. Their thought process is more people …
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I am SO excited to have been asked to speak at a Constant Contact breakfast workshop, in honor of Small Business Week. I will be talking about how I turned my passion into a thriving business. I can’t believe I will actually be standing in front of an audience to speak! When I was in …
We all have stories, don’t we? Well, I thought that I should give you some insight into my story, where I came from, and how I got to where I am now. Like someone just said to me, from fingerpainting, to Bloomingdales, that’s unbelievable!! Here goes. I was always creative as a kid, and through …
This client purposely bought an unfinished TV armoire so that I could paint this scene on it for her. She was opposed to having a wood box in her room that she would be forced to see every day. Instead, she wanted a calm, flowing scene with some grass, and lots of roses. This was …
