Melissa Spano

Visual Art – Orlando

Being born and raised in Detroit I experienced arts at an early age as the city flourishes with art everywhere you go. Living in Daytona Beach Florida for the last 21 years has inspired me to paint as well as I was influenced with the Floridian styles and colors. I started painting about five years ago and being a self taught artist I am constantly learning. I stopped painting three years ago because I was traveling a lot; having a semi has me all over the place and no room to paint. I started painting again a few months ago. The past few years I have been in college with psychology as a major; just recently taking a break from school and deciding on learning to put all my heart and time into art. I love to travel and travel often, so I am always finding new ideas to incorporate into my artwork. Friends and family have been inspiring to me lately as they encourage my painting. I am drawn to painting nature mostly as I am an outdoors person. I love the colors of nature and watching the sun turn the shadows and twist the colors, I find it amazing and try to incorporate it to my paintings.