Vanessa Shaw-Finelli, the eldest of three girls, was born in Brighton, England. She lived in southern England working as an artist and teacher until 1991 when she moved permanently to S.W. Florida.
 

For the previous few years she had traveled back and forth to the United States, touring, teaching, buying and selling properties and living with her youngest sister, Rebecca in the U.S.A.
 

Now living with the loss of her beloved sister, Vanessa continues with her own business as a Faux-Finish Artist. She also designs the front covers and writes travel articles for her husband, Neal's, local dining and travel magazine, TASTE. They live in the beautiful Gulf coast area of Manatee County, Florida, U.S.A., with their two-year old tortoise-shell cat, Diva.

Contact Vanessa by e-mail at vf@suicidehope.com