About Deanna Davoli
I was born in a small town outside of Buffalo New York. I lived there for about 21 years, until I moved to the Tampa Bay area of Florida.. .. blah blah blah.. Art is what I am here to talk about, so let me get to it. Like most kids, I loved to get messy and use my hands to create anything I wanted. I did not start to experience art until high school. My imagination, music, the area I lived in pleasantville, my art became the opposite of what I lived in everyday. I felt the desire to mentally escape, not because I had a bad childhood or anything, on the contrary, my childhood and the way my parents raised me was through complete love and honesty. My art was dark fantasy based, and in my eyes romantic. I Continued to develop my skill in college where I decided to study art education and art history. In my heart, I knew teaching was not for me, but I still needed to experience it to prove to myself that I could fulfill my artistic endeavors to a higher plateau. After teaching elementary and middle school art for 4 years, I left teaching children and occasionally teaching drawing classes at community college. I have been actively painting murals, faux finishes and commissioned painting for the last 5 years, but overall have been painting and drawing for 14 years.

I would be at a loss not to mention my amazing husband, Jeff. Without him I would not be as encouraged to be the best that I can be. He not only discusses my art, but feels it, breathes it and thoroughly appreciates what I can offer.
Don't get me wrong, he does not love everything I create, but that is the beauty of his observation, it is true, to the point, thoughtful and never recited.
I also have my art posted at Elfwood, a science fiction and fantasy based web site and Deviant Art.