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.
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.
