User:AJ Moretti

Angelo Joseph Moretti (born July 1, 1987), better known as AJ Moretti, is an abstract painter and art educator who was born in Chicago, IL (The Chicago-land suburb of Waukegan, IL). After his upbringing of living with his grandmother in Lake in the Hills IL, He studied from 2004 to 2015 at Elgin Community College, Quincy University, and University of Missouri with the intent of becoming a professional Artist and Graphic Designer. After having survived depression in 2009 as well as again in 2016, Moretti began painting with his hands in 2009 while in the back yard of his Mother's home in Des Plaines, IL. He began painting abstractly on wood (chopped up door panels) while rotating the panels during the painting process: aka "painting in the round", he began his art career with an art therapy approach and began selling his woirks himself. Moretti endured a NDE "Near Death Experience" at age 19 while being in a contemporary rock band, and then began his career of making fine-art as well as becoming a musical director and art teacher for all ages. He has produced many public murals and live-painting performance/auctions for charity, as well as winning awards for public speaking and public art projects. AJ currently creates artwork for public and private collections and advocates for collaboration painting with children as well as using art to support charities of world.

Moretti now age 31, has lived in Illinois (Lake in the Hills, Elgin, and Quincy) a majority of his life, while spending time living briefly in northern Michigan (Marquette), Columbia Missouri, Debuque Iowa, and Boulder, Co. Even more briefly he has spent time/visited Fairfield Iowa, Omaha Nebraska, Chicago Illinois, Carmel Indiana, Austin/Dallas Texas, Jacksonville Florida, Tampa Florida, Denver Colorado, New Jersey, New Orleans Louisiana, Virginia, Louisville Kentucky, St. Louis Missouri, Seattle Washington, Fontana California and Los Angeles California.