photo by Mary Schilpp

"My works are the reflections of my inner and outer journeys to magical places.  Interwoven in the watercolor mosaics I create is my love of this magnificent planet and all of her creatures. Watercolor is my main media, often augmented with collage of my own painted work, black india ink and pastel.  Inspiration can come from without or within.    Music provides some of the mood.  When I work from within, the first stroke on the paper with the brush often inspires the next.  The magic of watercolor as it flows and bursts into magical shapes inspires how the painting evolves.  Architecture, especially European, has inspired many of my paintings.  I document my travels, having lived in France, and have spent a glorious summer in the enchanted city of Prague.  Other loves for subjects are Sedona, mountains, and nature. I often work totally abstract, and love to paint lotuses and Eastern symbols, mythological beings, and mandalas. I wish to convey joy, which I do through my use of color, and a glimmer of an awareness....like the experience of a beautiful flower, or an idyllic scene in nature.   My goal is to elevate the viewer to a place of beauty and harmony, regardless of the subject (or not) that I paint. "

NOTABLE QUOTES....

”These works should not leave Prague!”      about a series painted in Prague in the summer of 1998.        -Alan Levy, Prague Post

“we are really impressed with your beautiful works!”    -Andrea Christa Furst                                                                                Hundertwasser Museum, Vienna

“bold watercolors....technique reflects Liora’s command of color.”             -Mario Tarradell, Miami Herald

“vibrant clarity..recalls the complexities of   Kandinsky and the precision of Miro.”      -Robert Sims, Eastsider

"...like fitting together pieces of a puzzle; LiORA superimposes layers of watercolors, collages, crayons and pastels to create bold paintings that seem three dimensional.  The paintings, whether a castle or a street scene, flourish and glow. "                                                        - Johnny Diaz, Miami Herald

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WORKSHOPS:  MANDALA, CREATIVITY, HEALING THROUGH ART

HEALING THROUGH ART, INDIVIDUAL SESSIONS