Living in Fall River, Massachusetts, Vanessa’s artistic talent evolved through her talents as a designer, from hair design to many restoration projects, which fanned the flames of her creative heart. Stripping away the old to see what lies beneath, allowed her in-the-moment free flowing artistic nature to emerge.
In 2010, Vanessa and her husband Allan decided to move to the Southwest and settle in our wonderful town of Mesquite, Nevada. She became enamored with the vast night sky, WOW! she could see the stars and watch the light change into hues of purple and deep blues as night approached.
Sitting for hours every evening, a new level of desire awakened within Vanessa, a passion to give a voice to her heart-felt experiences through art. She discovered the Mesquite Fine Arts Gallery and began to take art classes. Inspired with the open spaces of her new surroundings, Vanessa uses the medium of watercolor to paint her many award winning paintings. She loves the freedom of the medium and the “happy surprises” of blended colors.
Vanessa’s Bunny Series evolved a few years ago while painting some bunnies for the Easter Season. The first few bunnies were very detailed and realistic. Then the real fun began when she decided to dress these bunnies with accessories and clothing. Each bunny was given a name and an identity. Watching their personalities blossom was exciting and fun all at the same time.
During the Covid-19 lock downs everyone’s face was covered. Vanessa saw the front line health care workers struggling to combat this virus. In their honor she created a few health care bunnies, (Nurse J.B.) and (Doctor Jack Cascino). So many more faces, names and adventures yet to experience.
When Covid lock downs lifted, Vanessa created the Pallet and Pour Party fundraisers to help the Mesquite Fine Art’s Gallery recoup some losses and move forward in a positive way. Vanessa, Chris, and Wendy have raised approximately $70,000.00 to date. Meeting so many people from the community has been very rewarding and fun. We paint, we laugh, we wine. We currently offer four PPP’s each month so come and join us, you might just surprise yourself.