About the Artist

Elyse Camozzo is a suburban mom who believes that "Busy Hands are Happy Hands". Her work in Tizio & Honking Goose reflects influences from her family's homes in Venice, Italy, and Tilghman, Maryland, on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay. When she is not faux finishing and Venetian plastering, she makes unique beaded jewelry and paints furnishings and accessories for the home.

Elyse has been creating beautiful homes in the Washington DC Metro area since 1992, when she made a career change from corporate publications to decorative painting, at that time specializing in faux marble. Since then, Elyse has absorbed many other techniques -- through artists workshops, research abroad and coursework at the Society of Decorative Painters -- and all can be used on walls or furnishings. Her current clients enjoy the way she combines stencils with Venetian plaster and a faux finish.

Elyse's attention to detail and her ability to work with her clients -- including returned phone calls and showing up on time for appointments -- differentiates her from many painters and prove that it is possible to use both sides of the brain!