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Biography
Mrs. LaFors began painting as a
teenager, and her art has been a life long interest. She is primarily self
taught, but has taken various classes, one specifically with Gene Franks,
artist and author in San Bernardino, CA.
She is a realist painter and works
in various media: oils, watercolors, oil and chalk pastels, acrylics and
pencils. She has a BS from the University of Colorado in Political Science
and has lived in Japan, Germany, and 11 different states.
This has given her an appreciation
of a wide variety of subject matter. She does one-of-a-kind paintings. She
has been a member of several art leagues and credits her exposure to
demonstrations, juried art shows, and interactions with other artists as
part of her training. She has read extensively on art history, contemporary
artists and art materials. She is an avid art museum patron having visited
museums in Ireland, England, Germany, Holland, Austria, France, Spain,
Norway, Turkey, Egypt, Japan, China, Mexico and Peru, and throughout the
United States.
As
a realist she appreciates and is inspired by the
technical abilities of so many of the world's
great artists: Ingres, Jacques-Louis David,
Ingres, Garret Dou, Alma-Tadema, Canelleto, Durer,
Vermeer, van Dyck, Vermeer, Holbein the Younger,
Burne-Jones, Morris, Chardin, Marie Vigee-Lebrun,
Degas, Eugene Boudin, Fantin-Latour, De Heem,
Marrel, van Veerendael, Raeburn, Cezanne, Matisse,
Dali, Klimt, Church, Bierstadt, Raphaelle Peale,
Gilbert Stuart, Sully, Kensett, Pyle, Cassatt,
Harnett, Homer, Hokusai, and Harunobu . She also
appreciates modern/impressionists art.
She
celebrates the creative nature of each person as a
human being, and encourages everyone to explore
their creative side and apply it to every
discipline. She encourages her students to stretch
themselves, to explore, to experiment, and to
always be an avid learner.
She
acknowledges that while not everyone can be a
totally dedicated artist, we can live multi-dementional
lives and that we do not have to sacrifice family
or other endeavors to pursue our passions. She
supports Liberal Arts and the ability to be able
to adapt to different circumstances and
challenges.
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