Irene V. Martinelli of Artfully Yours

Irene V. Martinelli has spent a lifetime of creativity as a writer, clay artist, photographer, and now artist. She works in a variety of mediums including acrylics, watercolor, pastel and painted wood art.

She took her first pastel class at Georgia O'Keeffe's Ghost Ranch under the tutelage of Anna Koster, former assistant to Georgia O’Keefe. She joined the Tucson Pastel Society, enrolling in art classes, experimenting with diverse mediums and techniques.

She exhibits locally including Taller Raices 222 Gallery, the Hive Gallery, Ironwood Gallery as well as Phoenix’s 2021 La Roche Faces of a Community.
Her pastel painting entitled Flea Market won the 2021 Canson Award of Excellence at the 86th Annual National Exhibition of the Cooperstown Art Association of NY.

Born in New York, Irene lived more than 40 years abroad, primarily in Italy and now resides in Tucson..