Amarettogirl a.k.a Marisol Diaz Amarettogirl is: A little girl with sticky hands and dirty fingernails with a penchant for walking in the wild and digging her bare toes into the moss-laden earth. Her matted long tendrils of hair are pleated with briars and the juice of raw berries can be seen staining her lips and chin. She is perpetually in love with underground behemoths. She especially enjoys watching said behemoths sit on boxes, leaving them crushed and useless... this makes her smile, from ear to ear. Amarettogirl is marisol diaz , a self-defined NuYorican Visual Artist and writer. A Career Creative who relishes in blurring the line between fine art and craft, designing and making, surviving and thriving.

Education

High School of Art & Design, N.Y. N.Y.- Commercial Arts
Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio - BA in Painting & Sculpture
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD - MFA

The Studio @ Corning Museum of Glass
Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA
Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY
Bullseye Glass, Portland, Oregon

Occupation

Fulltime- Visual Artist and Writer
Day Job- Visual Arts High School Educator 12yrs.@ The Dwight-Englewood School, Englewood, New Jersey

Fun Facts

I'm living in lake/cabin and black bear country now!

I have two beautiful children (of the four-legged kind), Chica and Chulo and nine lady chickens!

Chica and Chulo.

Mikito, Chai & MEI have three bros. Chayanne, Michael & Orpheus. The first two are residents of Puerto Rico. Orpheus is the youngest and is pictured here with a hot babe------------->