Lydia is a visual artist and a writer. She has just completed and published a graphic novel made up of 100 large scale paintings and text about the legacy of war and debilitating illness over three generations. Her previous work includes charcoal drawings and site-specific installation environments made out of paper and paper maché sculptural forms. She also paints in oil and acrylic on paper, and makes permanent public art installations. Her work depicts the natural world but also often delineates a specific vignette or story occurring within an environment.
“The combination of being a therapist for a living, and an artist and writer as my creative passions, has led me to a love of story. My installations and painting create environments that often have a narrative. When the viewer is moved and responds to the world I’ve conceived, I’m thrilled. It’s the resonance between the artist’s expression and the viewer’s associations that makes the magic.”
THE WRITER
Lydia writes fiction and nonfiction including short stories, essays, novels and memoir. Many are stories of women and men overcoming adversity — psychological and external challenges such as poverty, illness, immigrant life, war, and gender conflict. She is interested in both the personal/domestic and the historical/sociological experience.
