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About

Lover of nature and creator of beauty

 

I am a California Bay Area, punk rock, ocean-loving nature woman who speaks directly & emotionally from my heart and living in the frozen Midwest. I have found wonderful ways to express the beauty of this new home in my paintings and the love I hold from the life I once had. I grew up close to the Pacific Ocean and running around in the dirt of the forest floor. The salty ocean air is now replaced with splashes of lake water, while hikes in Ash & Oaks have replaced the walks among the ancient Redwood giants. I have found the beauty here and it has found its place in my heart & in my paintings. My work is still heavily influenced by the ocean and the botanicals of my youth. I have lived in the Midwest for over 15 years with new adventures every day. I have been creating since I was young, and taking it seriously for the last 25 years. Growing up in California exposed me to a wide range of cultures and I was constantly surrounded by all different wonders of nature, from the depths of the Pacific Ocean to the towering Redwood trees. Traversing within the urban environment of San Francisco to San Jose and all over the Bay Area, exposed me to the art of graffiti as well. These early experiences help influence my body of work and propel my art into further realms.

Beauty Through Chaos!

Art Work:
     My original paintings are done with water-soluble oil paint with either paint pen or permanent ink in hand-design overlay. The vibrant Alcohol Ink work is created on gallery wrapped canvas. All work is coated with a UV protectant varnish and comes ready to hang on gallery wrapped canvas. Drawings are done in permanent ink layered atop paintings or paper. For mixed media, I either use wood or hard board for the foundation and layer paper images of my drawings or found images. Thin layers of an adhesive are used to seal the images down and prevent peeling or cracking. Each original Parisi artwork is hand signed and has the Heart of Passion logo on the back showing the authenticity of the piece. 
 
Shows:
     Stone Arch Bridge Art Festival, Minneapolis, Minnesota
     Loring Park Art Festival, Minneapolis, Minnesota
     Saint Paul Art Crawl, Saint Paul, Minnesota
     Eagan Art Festival, Eagan, Minnesota
     Bayfront Art Festival, Duluth, Minnesota
     North Star Water Artist Market, Minneapolis, Minnesota
     Edina Fall Into the Arts Fair, Edina, Minnesota
     Isles Gallery - Art & Artists, Minneapolis, Minnesota
     Lakeville Art Festival, Lakeville, Minnesota
     Northrup King Building Art Attack, Minneapolis, Minnesota
     Harvest of Art, Eagan, Minnesota

     Lund's & Byerly's Artist Connect, Eagan, Minnesota
     Daybreak Café, Arcata, California
 
Education:
     Humboldt State University, B.A. Child Development
           Minors - American Sign Language & Tactile Art
     Arts Institute International, A.A. Culinary Arts
 
Organizations:
     The Art Queens
     North Star Water Media Society
     Art Works, Eagan Minnesota
     Dakota County Center for the Arts

     Eagan Artist Connect
     City of Eagan Visioning Steering Committee
     
Hobbies:
     Gardening, hiking, archery, cooking, classic cars, education, baseball, & art!
 
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