Claudia Selene has spent most of her life creating art work using many mediums and techniques. In Chicago, she received strenuous training in the practices of 19th century French academic artists at Ravenswood Atelier, and benefitted from the community of realist artists at the Palate and Chisel Academy of Fine Art. She has shown in galleries in Chicago and Arizona, and has taught classes and given private instruction to students with a wide range of abilities and interests. She is currently working out of her studio in Ypsilanti, MI.