"Art is constant - just as life - one should never lose the wonder - learn anew everyday", says acclaimed and award winning artist, art conservator, and restorer Gloria Mani. Gloria is greatly inspired by the gentle quiet of the countryside and gardens throughout the world and is often found painting landscapes in "plein-air", the open air. In addition to her passion for landscapes, Gloria has been painting and drawing nudes for over forty years. Each of Gloria's paintings is refreshing with a style and medium unique to its subject matter. According to Howard Farber, Art Critic for Art Speak, "Gloria paints poetic landscapes and portraits with hues that capture a unique sense of light and life."

A major influence in Gloria's work and "nurturer of the wonder" was her father, Antonio E. Mani, a well-known artist and founder of the Columbus School of Art. She also studied with two of the preeminent instructors of the century, Robert Brackman and Robert Beverly Hale at the Art Student League of New York. Gloria attended the Ringling School of Art in Sarasota, Florida and has participated in numerous workshops given by nationally acclaimed artists including: Wolf Kahn at the Columbus Museum in Columbus, Georgia and John Budicin and Lynn Gertenbach of the Plein Air Painters of America in Fallbrook, California and Bennington, Vermont.

Among her many awards and professional recognition, Gloria was listed as "one of the most influential people in the Arts in Columbus, Georgia in the past 100 years" by the Columbus Ledger Enquirer. In 1990, Gloria received the First Place Art Award at the National League of American Pen Women at the Georgia State Convention. She was top designer and painter of art furniture for the Sugar Hill catalog, and has been collected by celebrities such as John Travolta and Natalie Cole. Among Gloria's many exhibitions was a show at AGORA Gallery Soho , New York City, New York entitled "Elements of Nature".

Gloria is a Founding Member of Joseph House Gallery and has had memberships in: Oil Painter's of America, Columbus Artist Guild, American Institute of Conservation, Society of Gilders, Charleston Outdoor Painters Association, and the Carmel Art Association.

Gloria's artwork is represented at the following art galleries:

    " Gloria Mani Fine Art, 1809 Garrard Street, Columbus, Georgia
    " The Gallery at Limetree, LaVista Road, Atlanta, Georgia
    " John Tucker Fine Art , Savannah , Georgia

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