Carol Farese-Viola is the mixed media artist behind Modartzy Designs.  She has a background in Interior Design and Psychology with a specialty in color consulting and home accessorizing.  Not a traditionally trained artist, she uses her self taught skills and passion for color in every piece she creates.  September 2019 she had what she likes to refer to as her art opening to the “world” with her first gallery show.  She has since been involved in the Melrose Window Art Walk, MOST 2019, MOST 2021 Art Market, Melrose Arts Festival 2022, as well as several art markets around the North Shore.

My passion as an artist comes from the play of color in my work as the palette is what guides the design. My art takes shape through the use of multiple techniques & experimentation with acrylics.  Whether I use manual manipulation of the paint for an unbridled fluidity or tools to help guide the paint in a more textural and structural way the goal is still to draw people in with the resulting rich and diverse hue combinations. My art allows the viewer to create their experience without guidelines.