About Paola Luther
Paola Luther is an award-winning fine artist whose work centers on narrative, figurative oil paintings filled with light, atmosphere, and emotional resonance. A professional artist with over twenty years of experience, she has exhibited her work in solo and group shows across the United States and participates in more than a dozen juried art festivals nationwide each year. Her practice includes plein-air studies, larger narrative studio works, commissioned portraits, and pieces held in private collections throughout the United States and Europe.
Her artistic foundation was shaped through rigorous atelier training in the Washington, DC area and Los Angeles, further enriched by workshops with accomplished painters around the world. Paola has also led international painting workshops and served as a juror for major art competitions, including prestigious shows in Spain with awards exceeding fifty thousand euros. Her work has been featured in international art magazines, and she has been a featured artist at events attended by more than forty thousand visitors.
Paola’s recent collections explore whimsical compositions, pet portraits, and figures in landscapes, reflecting both her versatility and her broad, exploratory practice. With a decade of teaching experience, she offers private instruction and therapeutic art sessions for individuals with special abilities, as well as classes for children and adults.
Based in Los Angeles, Paola paints daily in her studio, continually refining her narrative and figurative work. Alongside her studio practice, she maintains an active online presence with nearly one million followers across Instagram and Facebook, where she shares her process and promotes artistic engagement within a global creative community.
Interview and Art Showcase at Fox5
Bio
Paola Luther is an award-winning artist known for her delicate touch, luminous color, and expressive approach to oil painting. She has been painting since childhood and later pursued several years of intensive atelier training in the Washington, DC area and Los Angeles. Her ongoing studies have included workshops with accomplished artists around the world, shaping a practice rooted in observation, craftsmanship, and emotional depth.
Paola’s body of work spans narrative figurative scenes, whimsical compositions, pet portraits, plein-air pieces, and commissioned paintings. Her originals are part of private collections across the United States and Europe. She works from her studio in Los Angeles, where she continues to explore light, color, and storytelling through paint.
PREVIOUS ART SHOWS
The Other Art Fair Los Angeles 2025
Los Altos Rotary Festival 2025
Palo Alto Festival of the Arts 2025
Los Altos Arts and Wine Festival 2025
La Jolla Arts and Wine Festival 2025
Mission Fed Little Italy San Diego 2025
Beverly Hills Art Show Spring 2025
Kings Mountain 60th Art Fair 2024
Palo Alto Festival of the Arts 2024
Los Altos Arts and Wine Festival 2024
La Jolla Arts and Wine Festival 2024
Carlsbad Art Show 2024
Paso Robles Art on the Park 2024
Kings Gillete Art Show 2024
Mission Fed Little Italy San Diego 2024
Beverly Hills Art Show Spring 2024
Ojai Art on the Park 2024
Carlsbad Art Show 2024
Kings Mountain 60th Art Fair 2024
La Jolla Arts and Wine Festival 2023 (I am the 2023 featured artist) Come and visit! (www.lajollaartandwinefestival.com)
La Quinta Art on the Street Shows winter 2023
Beverly Hills Art Show 2023
ART EDUCATION
2025 Multiple portraiture, oil, acrylic, pastels, watercolor and figurative workshops in the United States
2025 Plein Air painting workshop Greek Islands
2024 Multiple portraiture, pastels, watercolor and oil workshops in the United States
2023 Plein Air painting workshop Greek Islands
2023 Multiple figurative workshops in the United States and Europe
2022 New York Chelsea Galleries Visits and Introductions
2022 Summer Art Residency in France - Atelier Chateau Orquevaux
2022 Jennifer McChristian Plein Air Workshop, Ojai CA
2022 Atelier of Vadim Zanginian, Abstraction and Impressionism, CA
2022 Los Feliz Drawing Workshop, Figure Drawing
2021 Richard Oliver Plein Air Workshops around Los Angeles CA
2021 Atelier of Vadim Zanginian, Abstraction and Impressionism, CA
2021 Mike Hernandez, Color and Light Mentorship, Los Angeles CA
2021 Regina Lyubovnaya, Still Life Mentorship, Los Angeles CA
2021 Brainstorm School of Art, 2 semesters, Los Angeles CA
2021 Los Feliz Drawing Workshop, Figure Drawing
2020 Brainstorm School of Art, 2 semesters, Los Angeles CA
2020 Duane Keiser Premier Coupe 2 Workshop
2019 Alyssa Monks Trascending the Photo Reference Workshop
2019 Tina Garrett Alla Prima Portrait Workshop
2019 Cindy Procious Still Life Workshop
2019 Steven Assael's Figure Painting Workshop
2019 Flemish Classical Atelier, Brugge, Belgium
2019 Duane Keiser’s Premier Coupe Workshop
2019 Pastel painting workshops, 2 semesters
2018 Gavin Glakas, Figure Painting Workshop
2017 Participant at the Amalfi Coast Music and Arts Festival
2017 - 2020 The Compass Atelier Painting Through the Lens
2016 Participant at the Amalfi Coast Music and Arts Festival
2005 - 2020 Yellow Barn Studios, Christine Lashley, Gavin Glakas, Gonzalo Ruiz Navarro
AWARDS
2020 Honorable Mention - Rockville Art League Juried Exhibit - Glenview Mansion
2019 Second Place - "People’s Choice Award” The Compass Club
2019 Second Place, Kensington Category - "Paint the Town Art Show 2019”
2019 Third Place, Still Life Category - "Paint the Town Art Show 2019” Kensington
2018 Honorable Mention: The Woman’s Club of Chevy Chase Art Show
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 Studio 12 - Artists and Makers One
2019 Thomas Farm Community Center
2019 Studio 32 - Artists and Makers One
JURIED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 Strathmore Mansion Gallery, Annual Juried Exhibition, Bethesda MD
2019 Historic Armory, Kensington, MD
2019 Artists & Makers Gallery, Rockville, MD
2019 Brookside Gardens Gallery, Silver Spring, MD
2019 Glenview Mansion, Rockville MD
2019 Penn Place Gallery, Kensington MD
2019 Kensington Library, Kensington MD
2019 Tryst Gallery, Leesburg, VA
2019 Glave Kocen Gallery, Richmond VA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Paint the Town Art Show 2019 Kensington Armory, MD
2019 Artists & Makers Studios 2019 MAA Gallery Show, Rockville, MD
2019 Brookside Gardens Artists of the Atelier, Wheaton, MD
2019 Bergamot Station, Drawing exhibit, Santa Monica, CA
2019 Bruges Group Exhibition at the Flemish Classical Atelier, Belgium
2019 Priddy Library Rockville Art League, Universities at Shady Grove, MD
2019 Penn Place Gallery Annual Invitational, Kensington MD
2019 The Woman’s Club of Chevy Chase, Chevy Chase, MD
2018 Saint Cecile Le Vignes, Provence France
2017 Amalfi Coast Music and Arts Festival, Maiori Italy
2016 Amalfi Coast Music and Arts Festival, Maiori Italy
TEACHING & PUBLICITY
2020 Interview by Telemundo about award and art style
2019 Facebook Interview small business gallery
2017-current Individual Instruction to adults and children
MEMBERSHIPS
Westlake Art Guild
Oil Painters of America