About Me

Biography and Artist Statement

Renee C. DiNapoli, award-winning, professional artist/instructor and former faculty member of Ringling School of Art & Design is noted for her contemporary florals and interior beachfront realism. Renee’s striking oil paintings have received critical acclaim for their high contrast, unusually intense use of color and exquisite detail. Her ability to achieve both impact and delicacy in her paintings attests to her 36 years of training with Italian master and studying at The Louvre in Paris for many years. She has taught at the Ringling School of Art and Design in Sarasota, FL as well as Tulane and Loyola Universities in New Orleans, LA. Her graduate study was conducted at The Red Mountain Institute of Art.

Three of her paintings were purchased by the State of Florida and placed in their permanent collection. Renee just completed an oil painting commission for Stallion Boot Company, El Paso, TX. One of her paintings was accepted into the permanent collection Vieques Museum of Fine Art in Puerto Rico. Several of her paintings were juried in international exhibitions at The Brownsville Museum of Fine Art in Texas, a national exhibition at the Ellington-White Contemporary Gallery, the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Raymond James Financial Center, among many others.

Renee recently was awarded a bronze award from Camelback Gallery for the 2021 International Pet Competition.

Having traveled frequently to the Caribbean, she succeeds in imparting a sense of place and mood. Renee’s perspective of the outdoor seaside viewed uniquely from inside gives the viewer a feeling of presence in the scene. Her large floral paintings set her apart from other artists in her contemporary presentation. Oil is Renee’s medium of choice because she can control it and use it best to create the effect of light on her subjects. Her goal is to create beautiful images that glow with light.

Teaching/Art Experience:

Renee was trained at the Red Mountain Fine Art Institute in Mountain Brook, AL.

The turning point in her career began 40 years ago when she trained an Italian master artist. At that point she began to heavily concentrate on her craft.

She is a former faculty member of Ringling School of Art and Design as well as Tulane and Loyola Universities.

Renee developed a successful art program for children, teens, and adults at the YMCA’s in Sarasota.

Renee also studied at the Louvre in Paris, France in September 2007.

Teaching Locations:

Longboat Key Club, Longboat Key, FL Currently

Art Center Sarasota Currently

Bird Key Yacht Club, Sarasota, FL

The Glenridge, Sarasota, FL Currently

Ringling School of Art and Design, Englewood campus

Plymouth Harbor Currently

The Oaks Club Currently

Sarasota Bay Club

Education Center, Longboat Key Currently

Private Classes – Artists’ Studio on Palmer Ranch Currently

Group Classes – Artists’ Studio on Palmer Ranch Currently

Selby Gardens

Mote Marine

Art League of Bonita Springs

Englewood Art Center

Art League of Manatee County

USF – Senior Academy, Sarasota Campus

Art and Frame

Continuing Education Adult Art Classes – Tulane University, New Orleans

Continuing Education Adult Art Classes – Loyola University, New Orleans

Private classes in St. Thomas, Grand Cayman Islands, San Miguel de Allende

Art Projects:

1.Commission completed in June 2018 for Stallion Boot Company, El Paso, TX where an oil painting was created of their award winning boots.

2.Renee was commissioned for six Monet-style paintings for a major bank in Chicago.

3.Renee and Carlo supplied the art for a 250 million dollar project in Virginia Beach, Virginia. This residential gated community has received a multitude of their creations with the project halfway complete.

4. The Flegell Corporation commissioned Carlo and Renee to produce a montage of their business historical sequence of growth, 30”x25 ft. for their boardroom in St. Louis, MO.

Juried Art Exhibitions:

Camelback Gallery, Phoenix, AZ 2021 International Pet Exhibition

Camelback Gallery, Phoenix, AZ 2021 International Artist Invitational Exhibition

Camelback Gallery, Phoenix, AZ 2021 Online Residency Featured Artist Exhibition.

Work featured in “Art Week” and “Art Base”.

7th Annual Tampa Bay Lightning’s Celebration of the Arts Group Show 2018

3rd Annual Longboat Key City Hall Celebration of the Arts Group Show 2018

2nd Annual Longboat Key City Hall Celebration of the Arts Group Show 2017

5th Annual Tampa Bay Lightning’s Celebration of the Arts, Tampa, FL 2016

Ist Annual Longboat Key City Hall Celebration of the Arts Group Show 2016

Manatee Players Theater, Bradenton, FL 2015

Art Center Sarasota, January 16, 2014-March 1, 2014

Visual Art Center, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts-juried – Punta Gorda, FL, Feb. 2014

Plymouth Harbour , one-woman show– Sarasota, FL February 2014

Players Theatre – Sarasota, FL March 2014

Art Center Manatee – Jan/Feb/May/June 2014

Venice Art Center – March/April/June/July 2014

Awards and Nominations:

Bronze Award, Camelback Gallery, Phoenix AZ, 2021 International Pet Competition

Renee DiNapoli has been awarded, “The Top-Rated Painting Class for 2018” by Lessons.com

In January 2014, Renee won first place in the Member’s Show at Art Center Manatee and she won Honorable Mention at the Art and Frame exhibition,” What Inspires You”.

Renee has been granted an artist license to exhibit her art at the new federal building in Sarasota, FL from January 1 through March 31, 2013.

She just completed a showing of her work at the Sarasota Council for the Arts and The Education Center on Longboat Key.

Renee’s work was exhibited on the Seafair, mega yacht gallery in 2013 when it was docked in New Bern, NC.

Previous Exhibitions and One Man Shows:

Bird Key Yacht Club, Sarasota, FL One-Woman Show 2016

Raymond James Financial Center, Tampa, FL

Bal Harbour Galleries benefiting the Palm Beach Zoo, Bal Harbour, FL

Sarasota Bay Club, Sarasota, FL

Jacaranda Trace Club, Venice, FL

The Education Center, Longboat Key, FL

Distinguished Private Collections:

Virginia Toulmin, philanthropist, Sarasota, FL

Ehrlich Collection – Longboat Key, FL

Creely Collection – Tampa, FL

Knafla Collection – Sartell, MN

Tsolinas Family Collection – Barrington, IL

Simmons Collection

Vallance Collection

Kirscher Collection

Brandy Collection

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