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Artist

About Paola Luther

A professional fine artist with over twenty years of experience, she has exhibited her work in solo and group shows across the United States and participated in major art festivals nationwide. She has led international painting workshops and juried 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 served as a featured artist at events attended by more than forty thousand visitors.

With a following of nearly one million on Instagram and Facebook, she maintains an active presence as a social media art influencer, sharing her process and promoting artistic engagement across platforms.

Her recent collections focus on whimsical compositions, pet portraits, and figures in landscapes. Her range spans all mediums and styles, informed by a decade of teaching and a broad, exploratory practice.

She also offers private instruction and therapeutic art sessions for individuals with special abilities, as well as classes for children and adults.

Interview and Art Showcase at Fox5

Bio

Paola Luther is an award winning artist with a delicate touch and sense of light and color.

Paola has been painting since childhood. As an adult she became a professional artist in fine arts attending several years of intense ateliers training in the Washington DC area and Los Angeles. Paola has participated in multiple workshops with talented artists around the world. She has produced whimsical paintings, pet portraits, colorful plein-air pieces, commissioned paintings and portraits.  Paola’s original works can be found in private collections in the United States and Europe.

Paola is usually painting in her studio in Los Angeles, CA.

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PREVIOUS ART SHOWS

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

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