I was born in the Chicago suburbs and lived there for the better part of my life. My love for art began in those formative years. No doubt the influence of my mother, having been an artist herself, was the stepping stone that enhanced my love to become a giver.
'GIVERS'
A painters brush, a composer's notes, a poet's pen, all share in the opening up and the leading through countless corridors of a universe within a universe. For each grasps beyond the limitations of mere sight, sound, and understanding. The artistic reach extends between the real and the imagined. They have earned the art of constancy, by way of continually being. Their expression, be it either masqueraded before your face, echoed through your mind, or simply pressed across your heart, are the gifts from these givers. With clarity, they are but one language holding powers to cross all barriers. The artist is ageless and shows no favoritism to the young nor the old. The givers are timeless, for they are before, they are after, they are now, and thus, forever be they the always. A 'Giver' among 'Givers'
In school my talents were first recognized. However, it was approximately at the age of twenty-five that I realized a fuller potential. It was then that I began to take my art to a more professional level. My enriched desire to paint began to intensify, and as I developed physically, mentally, and emotionally, I broadened my artistry to encompass the passionate world around me.
I am a self-taught artist, using my own technique, which is my signature. Although, I have painted with water color, and acrylic, it has been my preference to use the oil medium. Yet, people most interest me. I try my best to capture the essence of the individual and place it upon my canvas. I am not subject to doing only portraits, for I do have eyes for all things, the animate and inanimate. Having placed my signature upon murals, canvas, book covers, and the like. I would like to broaden my field, to include you. Now if you would proceed.....
Janet Lavida joined Pixels.com Licensing on August 14th, 2010.
