About Monica
Monica Merlitti is of Italian origin
and spent her youth between California and Italy. She has studied at the Academy
of Art College in San Francisco, Julian Ashton Private Art Academy in Sydney
and the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, Italy. She has a BA in
Psychology and speaks fluent Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese.
Her background also includes
photography, sculpture, writing, poetry, dance, and humanitarian work.
She has been to over 70 countries and has lived and worked in Japan, Australia, Indonesia, Brazil,
Argentina, London, Israel, Florence, New York, San Francisco, Big Sur, Lake Tahoe and Palo Alto.
Monica is also a certified yoga instructor and nutritional consultant.
Monica is currently living in the Bay Area working as a freelance artist.
She has just been offered a full-time position as a resident artist
with a private studio in San Carlos. She will be working with architects,
designers and antique dealers on various projects both in the Bay Area and in Europe.
Artist Statment
"My art is always evolving and changing. At times I am attracted to details, and at times I am
bothered by exact rendering. As I work I find that the painting dictates itself to me,
and I have very little say about it. I often start a painting with one thing in mind only
to be taken in a completely different direction later in the project. I think it is important
for an artist to follow this inner instinct rather than insist on achieving a predetermined goal.
I work best late at night, usually until
3 or 4am. I find that time of night to be so peaceful and quiet that my mind can be clearer
than other times of the day. I put music on that inspires me and then start. I very
seldom do pre-sketches. I like the mysterious interaction with my subconscious and emotions.
I like to let the creative process unfold naturally. I work until I feel instinctively
that painting is finished. Sometimes I finish projects years after starting them.
Long or short, every piece of art always proves to be an interesting and fulfilling journey."
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