| About the Artist |
| Vanessa Giddens has been creating portraits in graphite, charcoal, and pastel since she was a young girl. Vanessa studied art in hight school and at the Governor's Honors Program, but put her 2D work aside to study theatre in college. After college Vanessa went to school to become a professional dog trainer and only after training for a few years did she begin to incorporate her passion for art into her new career path. |
| Vanessa currently lives in a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia with her husband Charles, their young son Parker, German Shepherd named Boss, and their yellow lab mix named Charlie. When she's not working on portraits, Vanessa is often training dogs, formulating Vanessa's Dog Shampoo, doing K9 Kinaesthetics bodywork, playing with Parker, running, studying martial arts, and being a wife and mom. |
