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Meet artist Melissa D. Crocetti...
“I have loved drawing and painting all my life and also love the crafting arts as well. Incorporating all these techniques with my graphics background I am developing a unique way to present the “whimsey” of everyday life. These colorful paper creations demonstrate my love of flowers and gardening, and also my sense of humor with the different characters I create. They represent the humorous and the beautiful things around us.
My background is graphic arts. I am mostly self-taught in painting and drawing and have an advertising/graphic arts degree from Cazenovia College, Cazenovia, NY. I left my corporate designer position to pursue the fine arts and do freelance graphics. I have worked in the corporate graphics field for 28 years.
My watercolors have won several community awards. I have displayed artwork in many venues and also did commissioned watercolor and acrylic paintings of homes and local architecture as well as portrait work.
Recent creations capture everyday things in paper sculpture as well as the art of paper quilling. Quilling was popular when I was growing up in the early ‘70s and incorporating this craft with paper sculpture is becoming a new found love. Working in 2/3 dimensions is a great discovery for me and I find I can take my creativity to a whole new level. I love doing fine, detailed work that would drive most people crazy, which makes my work very unique. Every piece is one-of-a-kind, which makes it a joy to bring the “whimsey” to each unique creation.”
