Elise Ippolito (born Frances Elise Gres, February 27, 1978) is an American artist based in
Tampa, Florida
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. She has been featured in numerous media outlets for her works, including
portrait
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and
oil
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paintings.
Ippolito attended
Duke University
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and went on to attend
Fredric G. Levin College of Law
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at the
University of Florida
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where she obtained her
Juris Doctor
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and one of several Doctor of Law degrees. The J.D. is the standard degree obtained to practice law ...
.
[ She practiced law in the Tampa area for approximately 2 years prior to pursuing her career in art, a passion that she took classes for in both high school and college.][ Ippolito began her art career through word of mouth, creating ]portrait painting
Portrait Painting is a genre in painting, where the intent is to represent a specific human subject. The term 'portrait painting' can also describe the actual painted portrait. Portraitists may create their work by commission, for public and pr ...
s modeled after photographs that she took of clients.[
Ippolito was commissioned by ''South Tampa Magazine'' to create a portrait of ]JoAnna Garcia
JoAnna García Swisher (''née'' García; born August 10, 1979) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Sam in ''Are You Afraid of the Dark?'' (1994–96), Vicki Appleby in ''Freaks and Geeks'' (1999–2000), and Cheyenne Hart-Mo ...
, best known as the daughter of Reba McEntire
Reba Nell McEntire (born March 28, 1955), or simply Reba, is an American country music singer and actress. Dubbed " the Queen of Country", she has sold more than 75 million records worldwide. Since the 1970s, McEntire has placed over 100 single ...
on the show '' Reba''. The portrait was featured for the magazine's lead article in February 2006. The same year, her oil painting ''Holding and Beholding'' was chosen out of 200 paintings to represent the Lyssa Morgan Gallery Square Show in The Tampa Tribune
''The Tampa Tribune'' was a daily newspaper published in Tampa, Florida. Along with the competing ''Tampa Bay Times'', the ''Tampa Tribune'' was one of two major newspapers published in the Tampa Bay area.
The newspaper also published a ''St. Pe ...
.[
Ippolito and her works have been featured in numerous news programs as well as the Scarfone Gallery and the Claire de Lune exhibition. In addition to art, Ippolito is a philanthropist, donating her time to the Junior League of Tampa and donating art to raise money for various causes to include the ]American Cancer Society
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.[ She is a resident of Tampa and is married to internet entrepreneur ]Ian Ippolito
Ian Ippolito is an American serial entrepreneur and the founder of numerous tech companies. He is best known as the founder of vWorker (formerly called Rent a Coder), an online portal for outsourcing computer virtual work projects. vWorker was pu ...
.
Select works
File:Still life - Holding and Beholding.png, Portrait by Elise Ippolito.
File:Bayshore Beautiful house portrait.png, Bayshore Beautiful house portrait by Elise Ippolito.
File:Portrait of Al and Jeanne Hardin.png, Portrait of Al and Jeanne Hardin by Elise Ippolito.
See also
* Contemporary art
Contemporary art is the art of today, produced in the second half of the 20th century or in the 21st century. Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically advancing world. Their art is a dynamic com ...
* 20th-century art
Twentieth-century art—and what it became as modern art—began with modernism in the late nineteenth century.
Overview
Nineteenth-century movements of Post-Impressionism ( Les Nabis), Art Nouveau and Symbolism led to the first twentieth-century ...
* List of 20th-century women artists
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References
External links
Elise Ippolito official website
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Artists from Florida
Fredric G. Levin College of Law alumni
Duke University alumni
Living people
1978 births
Place of birth missing (living people)