Artist. Illustrator. Educator. Storyteller.
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Biography
Giovanna Dasso is a fine artist, illustrator, and creative educator whose work blends classical artistic foundations with imaginative storytelling and faith-centered expression.
A graduate of Ringling College of Art and Design, Giovanna has built a career spanning fine art, children's publishing, gallery work, art education, community outreach, and faith-based creative ministry.
Her studio practice — Milk & Honey Studios — is the home base for everything she makes: original paintings, illustrated books, custom commissions, brand identities, and the studio classes that have raised a generation of young artists in the greater Orlando area.
She works in oil, gouache, acrylic, watercolor, and ink. She paints faces, animals, sacred imagery, and the small wonders of the everyday. And she teaches the way she was taught — slowly, classically, and with patience for the long arc of a creative life.
The Path
Classical training in drawing, painting, and illustration. The years that built the eye and the discipline.
Early recognition for figure work and narrative illustration.
Illustrator on Alice McGraw Likes to Draw, The Search for Great Great Grampa's Tail, and The Improbable Story of Christopher Columbus.
Workshops with Orlando Museum of Art, Praise & Paint events at churches and homeschool co-ops, private mentorship for young artists.
The studio brand under which all current work lives — fine art, illustration, education, and faith-inspired creative direction.
The Receipts
Honors-program graduate of one of the country's most respected illustration programs.
Selected for the prestigious Society of Illustrators Student Exhibition in New York.
Juried into the annual Best of Ringling exhibition — a campus-wide student selection.
A conceptual children's book exploring imagination, wonder, and emotional storytelling.
Helped design an award-winning exhibit for LiveTrends at the Tropical Plant International Expo (TPIE).
Led public painting workshops at the Orlando Museum of Art, including a series inspired by Claude Monet.
Completed the AmeriCorps-affiliated Public Allies leadership development program.
Artist Statement
Whether it's a portrait, a picture book page, or a sheep in soft watercolor — I hope every piece invites someone to slow down and remember what they already love.
Commissions, books, classes, brand work — whatever you have in mind.
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