Maria Fiorella is a Venezuelan-American artist with a passion for creating happy, colorful oil paintings, particularly animals and pets. Her earliest memories revolve around her love of coloring books and Prismacolor pencils... the bigger the set the better. Between ages 12-17 she received a formal oil painting education at Atelier Atepin in Las Mercedes, Caracas, Venezuela. At age 18, she put aside painting to attend university, begin a career in computer science and later a second career in real estate investments. Marriage, two children and life followed in the intervening 30+ years, and now, as an empty nester, she has reclaimed her passion for oil painting. Maria has a BS degree in Computer Science and more recently, an AA in Fine Arts where she graduated Summa Cum Laude in the spring of 2020. She is a resident of both Virginia and Florida and lives with her husband and two miniature poodles.
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