Marie Natale started painting at the age of twelve encouraged by a teacher who recognized her early potential. Marie went on to receive a Masters degree in Art Education from Rowan University. Thus, began a lifelong love affair with creativity and art, which has manifested in a variety of achievements.

   An early advocate of art education for children of all ages, Marie taught in the public school system for ten years, and won the acclaimed “Teacher of the Year Award”.

   Marie is a business woman who founded Paw Togs/Enchanted Beginnings, a designer clothing line for infants and children. After successfully running this business for 10 years, Marie turned her attention to industrial design, creating gift products and containers which are distributed in national chains such as Wal-mart and Lowes.

   In the summer of 2003, Marie produced a total of eight lighthouses for the “ Beacons by the Sea” fundraising project sponsored by the Cape Atlantic Community College. Similar to the “Chicago Cows” fundraiser, the lighthouse project encouraged artists to design and paint five-foot fiberglass lighthouses with local and whimsical motifs intended for auction. Currently, two of Marie’s design proposals were granted in the final selection for the Nipper Dog fund raising venture for the town of Moorestown, NJ and are on display this summer 2005.

   Excited to share the beauty of the southern New Jersey area, Marie captures the experience in many of her watercolors and local murals, which feature Victorian homes, rustic boating shacks and seashore scenes. Many of her paintings have been done in Historic Cape May, New Jersey, and her choice of subjects, colors and style are lovely to look at.

   Marie currently teaches watercolor privately at her home studio as well as at the Ocean City Art Center in Ocean City, NJ. Sharing knowledge of art theory and design as well as techniques in this exciting medium brings Marie full circle to her early training in art education.

   Marie Natale is an award winning and highly recognized artist who says her goal in life is to use her talents to make the world a brighter place while she continues to share with others the joy that art has brought into her life.

   Marie works in her home studio. For more on her work call
(609) 926-0589  or  e-mail mariedezines@comcast.net   or log on to  www.MarieNatale.com

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