Artworks Oil
Artworks Paper
Artworks Encaustics
Maria Lara
 
Work and Education History
1975

University of Houston, BS Psychology, minors in Spanish and Biology

1975-1986

Oil Exploration Geophysicist

1990-1993

Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, graduate studies Environmental Geology

1993

Rowayton Art School, Rowayton, CT: Watercolor Techniques

1994-2007

Science and Spanish Specialist, The Montessori School, Wilton, CT

1994-1996

Silvermine Art School, New Canaan, CT: Drawing, Anatomy, The Human Form

1997-1998

Connecticut Graphic Arts, Norwalk, CT: intaglio printmaking, monoprints, color reduction woodblocks

1998-2008

Wooster Art School, Danbury, CT and Shundi Studio, Amenia NY : Composition, Art History, Color Theory, Surrealism, The Cubists, Elements of Abstraction, Form and Abstraction, 20th Century Art, Plein Air- Painting on Site; New York Botanical Garden Extended Studies, Bronx, NY: Drawing I, II,III, Botanical Watercolor I, II, Pen and Ink, Composition

2008-present

Studio in Erector Square, New Haven, CT

Selected and Annual Exhibitions
Rowayton Art GuildBeacon Historical Society: Hispanic Artists
Silvermine Art SchoolRedding Town Hall
CT Graphic ArtsMark Twain Library Annual Art Shows
Wooster Art SchoolGallery 22, Amenia, NY
New Paltz Artisits´ GuildCWOS, New Haven
109th New Haven Paint and Clay
Publications
Illustrated Guide to Equine Chiropractic, Coren and Lundquist, 2008
Sales
María´s work can be found in private collections across the United States, Mexico, and Europe.