Monique Spinabella, juried award-winning fine artist

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Monique Spinabella

ARTIST'S STATEMENT

Monique feels that art is the food of her soul, and maintains that its practice is therapeutic. She hopes to give the viewer of her works, the same pleasure she enjoyed in creating them.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Paris is Monique Spinabella’s native city. WWII caused her to be raised by her grandparents in the Loire Valley. Early on, Monique imitated her grandfather who was a painter. Her grandmother’s flower garden and many pets were the subjects of her first attempts at Art.

After returning to Paris, Monique enrolled in Ecole Charles-Marguerite, an Art School near the Louvre where she studied and reproduced the Masters.

Marriage, motherhood, and moving to the U.S. took Monique on another course featuring US citizenship, the enrichment of travels, and a career. Retirement brought a return to the joy of painting, and her pursuit of Art studies. She took classes at various institutions (including Scottsdale Artists School), and attended numerous seminars with several respected Artists. Employed at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Arts, Monique expanded her interest in new means of expression, and experienced with new media. She is a member of the Scottsdale Artists League, the Arizona Artists Guild, Critique Encounters XII and the Phoenix Artists Guild. She was accepted into the Arizona Art Alliance as a juried member.

Monique has participated in many juried Art shows and sold her works locally, state wide, and abroad. She has been a volunteer Art instructor for the Arizona Art Alliance outreach program for incarcerated youth at “Eagle Point” in Buckeye.

To view some of Monique's art, see below: