Gabriella Spina Drake

Anyone can learn how to render anything. Art is a human spirit expressing oneself via pigment, instruments, words, etc. And hopefully the end result is evoked emotion. I do not decide to create, rather it is an uncontrollable passion. And I never let my conscious take control therefore allowing my subconscious to emerge. For years I did not want to share my creations with the public, for it would be revealing my soul. I now feel it is my duty, my obligation to share with my fellow man. To share is directly related to education. Education is a door to Culture. Culture is Art. Art is Expression. Expression is Spiritual.

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Participated in The Italian Street Festival, San Rafael, CA
Exhibited at Marin Open Studios, Corte Madera, CA
Exhibited in Falkirk Spring Annual Juried Show
Exhibited at Café Aroma, San Rafael, CA
Won Second Prize at the Marin County Fair Chair Competition
Participated in The Italian Street Festival, San Rafael, CA
Exhibited at Marin Open Studios, Larkspur, CA
Exhibited at Ted's, San Anselmo, CA
Exhibiting at San Anselmo Coffee Roasters, San Anselmo, CA
Participated in The Italian Street Festival
Exhibited at San Anselmo Art Festival, San Anselmo, CA
Exhibiting at Art Abloom, San Anselmo, CA
Exhibited at Fairfax Festival, Fairfax, CA
Exhibited at Fairfax Library, Fairfax, CA
Plein Air and Studio Painting in Marin County, CA
Exhibited with Arts Alliance, 701 Sutter St., San Francisco, CA
Exhibited at Heads First Salon, San Francisco, CA
Exhibited at Sunnyside Café, Mill Valley, CA
Participated in The Italian Street Festival, Santa Barbara, CA
Exhibited at 101 Café Restaurant, Santa Barbara, CA
Exhibited at The Green Dragon, Santa Barbara, CA
Exhibited At See's Coffee, Santa Barbara, CA
Exhibited at Danika House, Santa Barbara, CA
Exhibited at Chamber of Commerce, Santa Barbara, CA
Exhibited at Pascucci Restaurant, Santa Barbara, CA
Exhibited at Cabrillo Arts Center, Santa Barbara, CA
Accepted as member of the Santa Barbara Arts Association
Exhibited at The Evergreen Grill, East Lansing, MI
Attended Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA
Attended Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA
Attended Saint Thomas Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, MI
Teacher Asst., Birmingham Bloomfield Art Assn., Birmingham, MI
Rec'd Marion High School Arts Scholarship Award, Birmingham, MI
Attended Birmingham Bloomfield Art Assn., Birmingham, MI
Born January 24, Detroit, MI