I became fascinated with art during middle school where I excelled at drawing. I continued to take art classes in high school and entertained the idea of going to art school, but my course of life changed when I enrolled in college and signed up for business classes.

After a long absence from creating art, I picked up a paintbrush in early adulthood, where I fell in love once again with the act of creation. Later I had the opportunity to sit in on a couple community art classes where I worked, and I was inspired. I eventually took a leap of faith and left my day job to venture into being fully committed to painting.

One of my recent projects is creating digital abstract studies, and using those studies to create larger, traditional fine art paintings. Check out my newest class for a demonstration on how I create my digital painting studies.

I live in Evansville, Indiana with my husband, 10-year old daughter, and our two cats. In addition to art, I enjoy playing games with my family, writing, and spending time with friends (including the 4 Artist Friends group in which I belong).

Lori Rivera

Abstract + Still Life Painter

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