Where is Home: Salt Lake City, Utah
Artistic Medium: Water Color and Acrylic
Favorite Color: Green
Favorite Cereal: Oatmeal
Favorite Food: Anything Spicy
Favorite Drink: Coffee 1st, then maybe Water
Favorite Place on Earth: Kauai, Hawaii or Tulum, Mexico
Favorite Board Game: Texas Hold'em
Favorite Music: Sade
Favorite Magazine: National Geographic
Favorite Movie: The Big Lebowski
Favorite Website: Weather.com
Hot or Cold: Hot
Morning or Night: Night
Cat or Dog: Cat
Outdoor Interests: Cycling and Gardening

Jean Montanaro

Jean Montanaro was born into a family of artists and has always exhibited a deep-rooted passion for painting. Along with her strong influential background and natural intuition for the arts, she quickly discovered the joys of being a creative—not only as a way of life but as a profession. As a teenager, Jean won numerous awards in established competitions for adults, receiving the moniker of "youngest artist to have a one-man show."

Today, acclaim for Miss Montanaro's work is gaining momentum nationally, and original works are receiving the interest of international collectors as well. Fortunately, a humble elegance is the norm when you are part of The Original Way, the family owned and operated artists’ ensemble immeasurably rich with fresh and timeless talent.

Through the years, Jean has fostered her own unique style and a very unconventional method by using a technique of layering intricate dots and webbed patterns to bring an abstract world to life—a world realized through meticulous detail that combines bold, vibrant and contrasting color schemes where the surreal and abstract transcend into an organic nature theme.

Website: originalway.net