Mel Fiorentino Studios

Influenced by many artists from the Renaissance to living artists today, Fiorentino’s work is focused on figurative work and portraiture. Starting out drawing and painting in her teens, she has always been drawn to art from the Renaissance and likes to incorporate the symbolism and deep meaning of existence within her work. Mel has explored and stretched the boundaries of figurative painting, creating a highly diverse and distinctive body of work. She primarily works in oil and also mulls/mixes her own paint. Many of her works dabble within the realm of surrealism and realism, continuing to expand on the ideas she is representing within her work. Realism and surrealism are the themes within her work. Teaching others in her workshops that painting is not only a one-way street, but she was also self-taught and has explored many techniques to achieve the desired goals of artists working in figurative and portraiture.

She currently teaches academic painting, oil painting techniques and works with students to improve their artistic goals within their own work at NOMA Gallery in Ocala, Florida. Online classes are offered as well.