UNDINE
{ "Ooh n-dee-neh" } Think of a brand new shiny car. Ooh ! is a Fine Artist with 20 yrs experience in all aspects of art and design and a Clio Award winning Producer. NY Metropolitan Museum of Art approved Life Member Art Students League of NY Who's Who in Entertainment & in Women Fine Art Copyist ~ Oil Portraits ~ Faux Finishes ~ Gilding ~ Murals ~ Mosaics Restorations ~ Illustrations ~ Modelmaking ~ Textile Arts ~ Culinary Arts Interior & Exterior Arts ~ Staging ~ Photography ~ Set Design Costumes ~ Computer Arts ~ Custom Crafts ~ Custom Designs Scenic Arts ~ Media Relations ~ Baby Birthing . . . and more Undine, { which is the name for a Mythological Water Nymph, responsible for creating the first fresh water spring and the inspiration for Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid" }, was born into an Artistic family with a lengthy history that spans 600 years. Her ancestors ranged from Silesia to Siberia and boasted professors who brought education to the Mongol regions, clothing manufacturers, the first fire trucks & autos in Lithuania, high end cabinetmakers & inventors of textiles that are used in worldwide automotive and space programs today. Her father, Paul E. Dressler, a Bauhaus Artisan and water-colorist, rated amongst the top ten Interior Decorators in the USA. His clients included Jackie Onassis, Charles Revson, Nelson Rockefeller, The Shah of Iran, The National Rotunda in Washington DC, The Frick Museum, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Italian Royalty, the Ambassador to France and others who preferred classical interior decoration. Undine excelled as an Apprentice for many years. Her mother, Alice Dressler, displays her watercolors, oils, mosaics, unique garments and pottery in various galleries of New Mexico. Always drawn to the Arts, Undine sang background vocals as a First Soprano from the age of 5 to 16. Excited by the Olympics, she joined the NY Flushing Swim Team and spent many years first as a Diver, then a Racer and finally competing as a Synchronized Swimmer until a calamitous illness destroyed both careers. She studied Marine Biological Technology in Key West, FL under Doctors Richard Warner, { Spiny Lobster Research }, Art Weiner,{ anti-pollution } and William Tranthum,{ NASA, water spouts, Bermuda Triangle }. One of only 2 women in a class of 25, she became a Jacques Cousteau Certified Diver and was involved with sampling and artistic renderings. Undine returned to her hometown of NYC where she modeled for Vogue's Diana Vreeland and performed runways for Oleg Cassini to augment income as an Apprentice, She continued studies at NYU,{ 3D Computer Animation }, and Artistic Anatomy at The Art Students League of NY. She married Dominic DeFilippo, a Special Effects Man in the Motion Picture Industry. Together they ran DeFILIPPO STUDIO, Inc.,{ a Special Effects House and Sound Stage Rental } Their clientele included Revlon ~ Lancome ~ L'OREAL ~ Pillsbury ~ Purina ~ Spiderman Superman ~ James Bond ~ YORK Peppermint Patties ~ UNIROYAL ~ AETNA ~ Peter Paul Candy IMUS ~ Burger King ~ Beechnut ~ Barbara Streisand ~ Robert Redford ~ Elizabeth Taylor Richard Burton ~ Clint Eastwood ~ Robert Wagner ~ Meryl Streep ~ Mary Tyler Moore Jane Fonda ~ Elle Macpherson ~ Bruce Willis ~ Isabella Rossellini ~ John Goodman Brooke Shields ~ Rick Schroeder ~ Mary Kate & Ashley Olsen ~ Kevin Bacon ~ Cindi Lauper Bob Marley ~ The Allman Brothers Band & a host of others . . . too many to list ! They simultaneously managed the 69 Unit Apartment building wherein their 7,000 sq ft. business was housed. Tragically, in 2010, Dominic DeFilippo succumbed due to an injury from a fall. Undine is a proud Member of The United Scenic Artists Local 829 in NYC and continues to be constructive in various endeavors, which include management of various projects, communications, artistic restorations, design projects, website development, continuously updating computer skills while sharing her time between NYC and Upstate NY. |
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