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I started drawing around 8 years old, and painted throughout high school for family and friends. When I was 14 I won a National contest for drawing and embarked on a 4 year home correspondence course in art. After high school I entered New England School of Art and Design in Boston and in 1971 graduated with a degree in Graphic Design. Painting was just a hobby back then.
My many years of experience in various aspects of art include the following:
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Computer generated art
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Commercial brand identity creation
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Caricatures
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Desktop publishing
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Printing and publishing
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Painting
My skills landed me jobs in graphic design, marketing and corporate image
identity in New York City and also when I moved to Boston. These skills help me today in
designing a mural. I often walk around the home to see what elements I can add to the mural
so that it ties everything in. Sometimes it is a design from a piece of furniture or fabric
that can be implemented in the mural itself. I have created murals, where I have received
inspiration from a bouquet of flowers, or a nursery where the bedding, is transformed into
a magical scene of a never ending story that surrounds you. Anything is possible.
My initial contact with the client by phone, and also on the first meeting is where I already
start formulating ideas. Talking with the children themselves, if it is a child's room, or having
them show me their favorite toys and books and stories aides in developing their mural and makes
each one of them very, very personal.
Every mural I paint is one of a kind made especially for you.
I strive for that unique blend of
quality and personal attention to detail which are key factors for the kind of work I want to achieve.
I live in Newton, Massachusetts and travel throughout the New England area.
I am willing to travel wherever the story takes me to paint.
~ Antoinette M. Virgilio ~