Maria Girardi

Maria Girardi Maria Jucelia Girardi is an artist originally from Santa Catarina in the south of Brazil. Since she was a girl, she has had artistic abilities. As she got older, she took a variety of art classes reflecting her varied interest in all forms of art. These included crochet, knitting, sewing and painting on fabric. Her artistic passion evolved into a love of working with paint. Now, it is her dedication to painting, especially on canvas, that has brought her the greatest success. Maria started her career as an artist by showing and selling her paintings at local fairs in her hometown in Brazil. In 1999, she left Brazil and moved to the United States settling in Connecticut where she lives today. She continues to refine her vision by studying techniques, textures, colors and design. In 2005 after she began to exhibit her work in galleries in NYC and Connecticut, she was invited to publish her work by contracting with one of the biggest art publishing companies in North America called Ad.Lines Euro Group. Through them, her work gained a large audience as it was published and distributed online and in art galleries, museums and decorating stores around the world