Elise Ippolito

{{short description|American artist}}

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| name = Elise Ippolito

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| birth_name = Frances Elise Gres{{cite web | url=https://www.floridabar.org/directories/find-mbr/profile/?num=682365 | title=Lawyer Directory – the Florida Bar }}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|02|27}}

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| other_names = Elise Gres
Elise Gres Ippolito

| education = Duke University (BA)
University of Florida (JD)

| occupation = Portrait Artist

| spouse = Ian Ippolito

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| website = {{URL|http://www.elisegres.com/}}

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Elise Ippolito (born Frances Elise Gres, February 27, 1978)United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (North Carolina, Florida, 1996-2004) is an American artist based in Tampa, Florida. She has been featured in numerous media outlets for her works, including portrait and oil paintings.{{cite news|last1=Leonard |first1=David |title=Elise Gres feature Channel 10 News |url=http://archive.wtsp.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=56206 |access-date=21 January 2015 |publisher=Channel 10 News |date=June 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150130162031/http://archive.wtsp.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=56206 |archive-date=30 January 2015 }}{{cite news|last1=Guardo |first1=Gayle |title=Elise Gres feature on Channel 8 News |url=http://www.elisegres.com/EliseIppolito/files/www/video/interview.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150130161944/http://www.elisegres.com/EliseIppolito/files/www/video/interview.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 January 2015 |access-date=21 January 2015 |publisher=Channel 8 News }}

Ippolito attended Duke University{{cite web|title=Duke University One Hundred Forty-Eighth Commencement|url=http://dukespace.lib.duke.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/10161/2847/2000%20commencement.pdf?sequence=3|website=Duke University|access-date=21 January 2015}} and went on to attend Fredric G. Levin College of Law at the University of Florida where she obtained her Juris Doctor.{{cite news|title=LEXIS Book Award Winners |url=http://www.law.ufl.edu/news/flalaw/pdf/flalaw-001106.pdf |access-date=21 January 2015 |publisher=FlaLaw |date=6 November 2000 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110921072316/http://www.law.ufl.edu/news/flalaw/pdf/flalaw-001106.pdf |archive-date=21 September 2011 }} She practiced law in the Tampa area for approximately 2 years prior to pursuing her career in art, a passion that she took classes for in both high school and college. Ippolito began her art career through word of mouth, creating portrait paintings modeled after photographs that she took of clients.{{cite news|last1=Churchill|first1=Samantha|title=Elise Gres Ippolito, Traditional Portriture|publisher=The Examiner|date=8 November 2011}} Her work grabbed the attention of the art community in 2005 when she was commissioned to paint a portrait for the Glazer Children’s Museum. After the portrait was created, Ippolito saw an increase in commissions for her paintings.

Ippolito was commissioned by South Tampa Magazine to create a portrait of JoAnna Garcia, best known as the daughter of Reba McEntire on the show Reba.{{cite news|last1=Couture |first1=Michelle |title=True Talent |url=http://www.elisegres.com/EliseIppolito/files/www/images/pdfs/stm_feb_march.pdf |access-date=21 January 2015 |publisher=South Tampa Magazine |date=February 2006 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The portrait was featured for the magazine's lead article in February 2006. The same year, her oil painting Holding and Beholding was chosen out of 200 paintings to represent the Lyssa Morgan Gallery Square Show in The Tampa Tribune.{{cite news|last1=Hammer|first1=Esther|title=Exhibit Is A Square Deal For Art Enthusiasts|publisher=The Tampa Tribune}}

Ippolito and her works have been featured in numerous news programs as well as the Scarfone Gallery and the Claire de Lune exhibition. In addition to art, Ippolito is a philanthropist, donating her time to the Junior League of Tampa and donating art to raise money for various causes to include the American Cancer Society. She is a resident of Tampa and is married to internet entrepreneur Ian Ippolito.{{cite news|last1=Alff|first1=Shawn|title=The '20s roared once more for New Year's Eve|url=http://cltampa.com/tampa/the-20s-roared-once-more-for-new-years-eve/Content?oid=2035484#.VL_c9i70eXd|access-date=21 January 2015|publisher=Creative Loafing|date=20 January 2010}}