Audrey is a self-taught artist who left a corporate career to pursue her creativity. Combining her talents, hobbies, and interests, including sewing, quilting, and stamp collecting. She has developed a distinctive art form that celebrates the postage stamp. Her work uniquely brings together art and philately.  With great attention to detail, Audrey uses multiple stamps in her work, mindful not to repeat the same stamp twice when designing a stripe or patchwork pattern. Audrey fashions truly creative, one-of-a-kind works of art and has a wearable dress made of postage stamps featured in Ripley’s Believe It or Not!

Maria Domenica Lupo is an internationally recognized artist, born and raised in Newark, NJ, who attended Rutgers University, receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.  She began her sculptural studies in Cennina, Italy, through Rutgers.  Maria was greatly influenced by her time in Tuscany, finding her roots as well as her artistic heritage as a sculptress.  She received a Master of Fine Arts at Hunter College, CUNY, specializing in Art Therapy, Counseling, and Psychology, and a Doctorate in Medical & Health Humanities from Drew University.  Maria is also a recipient of the NJ State Council on the Arts Fellowship Award.