Caricature Hut is a husband and wife team. Melissa "Gigi" and Dan Almariei joint venture as caricaturists, face painters, performance artists and silhouette artists. They are award winning and have 40 years of combined portrait/caricature drawing experience between them.
Dan has 25 years of professional drawing experience in 6 countries including France, Romania, Ireland, Italy, Spain and the United States. Dan draws in a "Euro" style as well as digitally. Dan has drawn and competed world wide, won numerous awards and was published in 5 countries.
Melissa “Gigi” has 15 years of professional drawing experience in theme parks, events and festivals. Melissa draws in the traditional "Theme park - marker" style, also draws charcoal style and portraits. She has drawn live in the US, Thailand and the UAE.
Melissa is a published artist, costumer and illustrator and a featured face painter for Royal Caribbean.