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Since she was young enough to walk, Tiphany Marotta has been creating art. Although she is primarily self taught, she did grow up with a strong artistic influence from her mother, who was an artist in her own right. Tiphany has had no formal training, but there were books abound, as well as trips the theater, museums and ballet. All these areas were used to influence Tiphany's art. Her favorite artists growing upwere the greats, such as Michaelangelo, Botticelli, and Rueben.

In 1995, Tiphany started to take her art more seriously and began to work with clients. As well as creating graphic art on the computer in the form of novel covers and illustrations, she painted murals on household and outdoor walls for clients. She especially enjoys creating wood and tile floors out of paint, as well as themed children's rooms. 'This gives me such a larger scale canvas to work on and it is so much fun to see the room come to life!' She also enjoys creating her art on windows, especially automobile windows. 'Anybody can buy a sticker, but a painted window shows your unique-ness!'

In 2003, Tiphany had a life changing experience with Domestic Violence. Since then, she has become an advocate for Women and children Against Violence and uses her creativity to depict that in her art. Using the influence from her mother of capturing the essence of the subject through your mediums and skill, she enjoys creating nudes which allows the viewer to see into their most basic and raw soul. The children she paints, depicts them in their most innocent moments, when nothing in the outside world is hurting them.

Tiphany has always been a woman that gets involved with worthy causes and creates art to help support them. As of late, her most passionate endeavor is The Artist In youTV Channel. Being a part of this has allowed her to share and create art with other artists, not to mention colloborate with other like- minded individuals to 'Give Back' to society through creativity. The Artist In You is her one-stop-shop for philanthropic endeavorsand encourages others to become involved with a group of truly amazing people.