About the Artist:Marta Sytniewski is a professional artist. She has been trained in art:* academically at Northeastern Illinois University, * independently through literature and practice, which is how she came to study Classical European Portraiture and Figure Painting, and * privately through an apprenticeship with her mother, Anna Jelen, MFA, since early [...] her early career, Marta specialized in traditional oil painting, with elaborate, large-scale narrative compositions; sacred art, and murals. She frequently donated her work to charity and drew live event caricatures to encourage community engagement and fundraise for charity [...] established her company, Funny And Cute Caricatures, in 2019 and has been drawing portraits and caricatures professionally in her fine art gallery at the Gurnee Mills Mall near Chicago, IL. Marta's traditional, handmade artwork is accomplished in fine art pastels, charcoal, graphite, acrylic, and oil [...] drawing portraits and caricatures, Marta looks for the best in the people that she is drawing, just like a mother sees her children-and in fact, she is a mother of [...] order additional copies of this book, please contact:Artist Marta [...]