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WELCOME
to the
ROYAL HOUSE of CAT!
(This site updated May 2, 2008)
Each piece is individually hand crafted from start to finish right here in our New Hampshire USA studio, and is an original work of art.
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Roman Garb 2003.In the Studio 2004.Venetian Italian Garb 2007.Self Portrait Oils on Canvas 1997.Greco-Roman Garb 2005
Garb from China and vest "uudj" from Mongolia... (Click to enlarge)
uudj and other handmade Mongolian garments available from:
Photo taken by Roger Galuska,Rock Garden Pottery
About the Artist:
Hello, my name is Julia Passamonti-Colamartino. Thank you for dropping by and welcome to my website, which I like to call "The Royal House of Cat".
I am an artist and a healer. (Click HERE for more about the healing techniques I use.)
I have been an artist and ancient history buff all my life, having started out as an oil portrait artist working in the style of the old Italian and Dutch Renaissance Masters. But I also love the malleability and timelessness of clay just as much, and have found a way to combine both my joy of painting and my love of ancient history by reproducing ancient vessels as well as doing portraits and fantasy oil paintings in the old style.
The Venetian Cat Studio began in 2004 with a gift of patronage from my mother, Camille Passamonti, who is a talented portrait artist and also a lover of ancient history.
My passion for things ancient began as a child upon seeing the movie Ben Hur, and later during a visit to Italy , the Colosseum in Rome , where I imagined gladiators fighting in the arena. Also, I was particularly drawn to the Greek and Roman pottery in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, where my mother frequently brought me.
The art of Italian white tin-glazed pottery known as "maiolica" piqued my interest at the tender age of nine years while seeing it being produced in a bottega in Castelli, in the region of Abruzzi, Italy, which is near where my family is from. I have worked in oils and clay ever since, although it has taken me close to thirty years to fully understand how Italian painting, Italian pottery (maiolica) and ancient Greek and Roman pottery were produced.
I enjoy painting as much as throwing pots, and it gives me an infinite blank canvas upon which to create. I'm not only an artist as is known today, but as one of times long past. I combine ancient techniques known to the Greeks, Romans, and later to the Italians of the Renaissance along with today's wonderful modern technology to create my work. I currently hold a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts and an Associate’s Degree in Graphic Design.
My studio is in East Wakefield, New Hampshire, where I teach and reside with my loving husband and best friend Dino, youngest son Martin and a small herd of 6 cats. After learning to herd cats, I now know that NOTHING is impossible!
Julia Passamonti-Colamartino
(603) 522-6518
Monday-Friday , 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. -1 p.m. Eastern time
fax (253) 270-5483
292 Concord Lane, East Wakefield, NH 03830
info@venetiancat.com