Marjorie Paradise-Persiano

A native of New Jersey, Marjorie attended the Newark School of Industrial Arts majoring in fine arts and advertising. Throughout the years Marjorie has studied under such artist as Vivian Fikas,
Harvey Dinnerstein, Daniel Greene, Burt Silverman, Tim Gaydos, Irene Schacter, Thomas Nash and numerous other artists.

In the past 28 years Marjorie attended a variety of classes & workshops at The Arts Students League in NY, School of Visual Arts, NY, Parsons School of Design, NY, Montclair Art Museum in NJ, Morris County College, Morris County Art Association, Joe Kubert School of Cartooning and Cinnaminson Art Workshops.

“Working in the corporate world for 20 years as a Graphic Designer my time for painting and doing what I loved was diminished. When I left the corporate environment I decided to start my own business, Paradise Studio, which is a combination of several creative areas including graphic design, and custom portraits of people and animals.”

Marjorie’s favorite subjects are people and pets. “Capturing the expressions and personality of the person or animal is very rewarding to me. I put my heart and personal touch into each painting. A good portrait is more than a likeness. It captures that special moment and creates a treasured piece of artwork that they will cherish for a lifetime.”

“I like to work in several mediums such as oil, pastel, watercolor and colored pencil combination. Oil will always be my first love.”

Previously she has shown work at JR Studio in Branchville, New Jersey, Morris County Art Association, Morris County College, Monclair Art Museum, Bloomfield Civic Center, Nutley Art Center, Barn Theatre in Montville. and the Port Jervis Artswalk.

Some of Marjorie’s other interests are; floral designing, chair caining and rushing, and custom designed windows (crackled, hand painted and stressed).