I am Jo Mangieri, just Jo, not short for anything.

You spend your life chasing the dream… or what your head tells you the dream is.  You spend years trying to find yourself.  Working endless hours trying to fulfill that thing in your soul that is missing. The real dream is what you feel deep within your bones.  The thing that makes you feel whole.  The thing that you go to sleep thinking about and wake up with on your mind.  Then one day you wake up and realize, you were chasing the wrong dream. 

I was born and raised in the small town named Abingdon, Illinois and relocated to beautiful SWFL Florida in 2013. I always treated art as more of a hobby. It was something I would do when I could fit it in my schedule. Eventually due to working many long hours in the corporate world and “life” getting in the way, I lost my passion for art. While losing my creative side, I also lost a huge part of myself. 

I knew something was missing from my life, as did those who know me best. My mother used to sit and watch me paint or draw.  She never said much, she just sat quietly and watched.  The days leading up to her passing she said even less, but one thing she did say to me was, “JoJo do art.” After her passing I took a sabbatical from the corporate world and finally picked up my paint brush again. Something awakened in my soul.

The real DREAM came back alive! I am here to share part of my world with you. I am here to show you the world through an artist’s eyes.

Follow my art on Instagram at JoMangieriArt or Facebook at Jo Mangieri, Fine Artist