A realist and detail-oriented with her creations, Lia enjoys creating
art using a variety of media with pastels, colored pencils, and pen and
ink being her favorite in rendering beautiful portraits of people and
animals. She also loves to create computer graphics using Adobe
Photoshop and Illustrator. Lia enjoys visiting art galleries, museums,
and shows and studying beautiful works of art.
Lia, who has been deaf since birth, has loved to draw and paint since
she was four years old. She grew up in Southern California and attended
high school in Mexico. She then received technical training and
graduated with degrees in Liberal Arts and Science, Illustration and
Pictorial Arts-Painting from Palomar College in San Marcos, California.
Lia has created a theater poster, magazine cover, and commissioned
works. She is also a member of the San Diego Pastel Society and San
Diego Visual Arts and won many awards. Lia creates her artworks from
sketches and/ or reference photos she has taken or has been commissioned
to render. She finds great pleasure in the joy her commissioned pieces
bring to families and friends.
Lia now lives in Dallas, Texas with her husband, Chris and cat, Milky.
Artist’s statement:
I enjoy painting animals, landscapes, and
people using a variety of mediums. I love to use vivid and bold colors
to create art that deviates slightly from the predictable. At the same
time, I also focus on the more subtle traits of my subjects, such as
facial expressions, movements, and fine details. It is through this
combination of qualities that I communicate my appreciation for the
subjects that I capture on paper.
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