An Art Book featuring a collection of beautifully dark illustrations laid out in a 200+ page book spanning Deanna Davoli’s art career coming March 2025

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You’ve seen her at Renaissance Fairs and Fandom Conventions in the southeast, but at long last, we bring you Deanna Davoli’s debut artbook. Witchy, natural, gothic, and beautifully dark subjects collide in a wonderful mixed media that includes graphite, oils, Copic markers, watercolors, oils, and more. Over twenty years of artistic talent comes together in this wonderfully macabre book of 200+ pages of finished work, progression shots, and timeless favorites.

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• If the Kickstarter is not successful your $1 will be refunded

Art Book Details

The Beautifully Dark Art artbook is a wonderful page-by-page gallery displaying years of gothic mixed media art by Deanna Davoli. For the first time, fans of Deanna and gothic art will be able to take home a book filled with broken dolls, wonderland entities, lunar moths, corvids and owls, warrior animals, fairy tales, and so much more. Indulge in the mixed media style that often brings graphite, oils, watercolor, markers, foil, and more together to pull Deanna Davoli’s world off the page for its audience. 

This hardcover Limited Edition will feature:

• 200+ pages of first time in print artwork by Deanna Davoli 
• 8.5 x 11 Full Book Size, portrait style
• Kickstarter Supporter page in back
• Soft touch matte cover
• Smythe-sewn spine for durability
• Cover displaying her bestselling piece “Diamond”
• Wonderfully Gothic interior typeset design

Stretch goals or exceeding the budget before the Kickstarter ends may open opportunities for:

• Metallic purple gilded page edges
• Metallic foil on fonts and logos
• UV Spotting on diamonds
• Embossing
• Higher quality paper inside
• Printed custom end pages!

About the Artist

Growing up in ski country in the outskirts of Buffalo, New York, Deanna’s childhood consisted of exploring the forests near her house, building forts, going on adventures, and pretending to be in another world. Her imagination blossomed from there, and her love of nature lives within. The art she creates has become a full expression of her dreams and emotions even from these earlier memories. Currently, she resides on the edge of a forest in Florida with her husband, daughter, dog, and cat, still making adventures hand-in-hand with her family.

For the past 17 years, Deanna has been selling her art to the public at Renaissance Festivals and Comic Cons around the country. Her artwork conveys the beautiful flaws and emotions of the human condition, as well as interpretations of fairy tale characters, broken dolls, and anthropomorphic animals. Graduating from Buffalo State College in 1999 with a degree in Arts Education & Art History, she continues to hone her art style and capture the beautifully dark subject matter with a mixed media style that includes graphite, watercolor, markers, and more. 

What inspires me?

I’ve been greatly inspired by nature and dark, yet romantic styles. As a teenager, I was exposed to the writings of Anne Rice, who was a huge influence on my gothic design and sensibility.  I dreamt of Gothic and Rococo architecture, mystical beings, and the natural world infused within it all.    

Why did I start selling my art?

In the mid 2000s, I started selling my art at local Renaissance Festivals with the encouragement of my husband. Unsure how my art would be received, I was pleasantly surprised at how many people related to my work. This reassurance, along with my husband, friends, and family, gave me the initiative to pursue my dreams, and I haven’t looked back since.