About Lara

Lara Oshon (pronounced like ocean) is a contemporary artist based in Montgomery, Alabama. Influenced by her diverse background as a social worker, trauma counselor and musician, Lara paints in a wide range of styles with a focus on personal transformation and social change. Working mainly in acrylics, the colors and composition of each painting hold an intention that generates peace and power in any environment.

Lara paints from her listening and heart more than with her eyes, feeling her way forward as the painting reveals itself in unexpected ways. Her body of work lives in spaces all over the United States and Australia. She believes that the arts lead culture and is committed to creating content that builds a global culture of equity and belonging.

COURAGE & CONNECTION

"I’m interested in pursuing large, complex questions and deconstructing our social, religious and cultural conditioning. I'm often examining how feminine power - of all genders - expresses in a patriarchal culture. The paintings reflect my own introspective practice, filtered through my training in the healing arts, psychology, music and spirituality. My intention is to connect with the place in you that is also questioning, evolving, and remembering your power.

My art is both abstract and figurative, and I work primarily in acrylics on canvas. Many unseen layers of color compose each piece before I reach the harmony I’m seeking. I draw a lot of inspiration from nature, and after living in the California sunshine for many years, I recently returned to the rich, lush colors of the South."

Learn more about Lara in an interview with VoyageLA HERE.

Education
Fusionart Technique, Rassouli, Los Angeles
MSW, University of California, Los Angeles
BA, Samford University, Birmingham

Select Group Exhibitions

2024 Montgomery Art Center, Montgomery, AL
2023 Stonehenge Gallery, Montgomery, AL
2023 Kelly Fitzpatrick Center for the Arts, Wetumpka, AL
2023 Asthetik Bham, Birmingham, AL
2023 ASU Warren-Britt Art Gallery, Montgomery, AL
2023 Anita P. Folmar Gallery, Montgomery, AL
2022 Montgomery Regional Airport, Montgomery, AL
2022 Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL
2019 The Other Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA
2018 KAA Design Group, Los Angeles, CA
2016 All Saints Episcopal Church, Beverly Hills, CA
2010 State Botanical Garden of Georgia, Athens, GA
2010 Visionary Growth Gallery, Athens, GA
2010 Jack Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2007 V-Day Worldwide Campaign, Pacific Design Center, CA

Select Solo Exhibitions

2019 Well Women Acupuncture, Los Angeles, CA
2015 Private House Show, Venice, CA
2014 Private House Show, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Apotheque Spa, Seaside, CA
2014 Sangha Center, Huntington Beach, CA
2014 Namestoy Farm, Cumming, GA
2013 Unity of Charleston, Charleston, SC
2013 Healing Arts Centre, Athens, GA
2013 Unity North, Atlanta, GA
2013 Reynolds Lake Oconee, Greensboro, GA
2011 Private House Show, Watkinsville, GA
2011 Full Bloom, Athens, GA
2009 Healing Arts Centre, Athens, GA
2009 The Pointe Cafe, Culver City, CA
2009 Fox Interactive Media, Culver City, CA
2006 Center for Physical Health, Westwood, CA
2006 Integral Wisdom Healing Arts, Pacific Palisades, CA
2005 HBO Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2004 Prive’ Salon & Ona Spa, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Studio Open House, Los Angeles, CA
2003 The Rosewood Center, Los Angeles, CA

TELL ME, WHAT IS IT YOU PLAN TO DO

WITH YOUR ONE WILD AND PRECIOUS LIFE?

- Mary Oliver