Artist Information:
Lliia Liassto
Washington, DC
United States
Member Since: Jul 2006
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Artist Statement:
My latest efforts can be seen
at the Farquharson-Mackenzie
gallery in in Glasgow,
Scotland and Dooley Gallery in
Dublin, Ireland.
I was born and raised in the
Glasgow, Scotland, and now
make my home in Washignton
D.C. I found my voice and
vision through painting at an
early age, and quickly
gravitated toward the natural
landscape for subject matter.
Backpacking trips through
India, school field trips to
the coast and my own
adventuring to the African
deserts, have all given me a
deep appreciation for the
incredible variety of nature
within the land around me.
There came a period in my
life where art simply was no
longer doing it for me. I
found yoga and entered into a
sexuall relationship with a
cult leader in Egypt. I was
more and more dissatisfied
with my reality and tried
suicide eight times.. I nearly
stopped painting for a while.
My vision resurfaced in a
mental ward in Sweden and a
series of dramatic vignettes
unfolded before my eyes. My
new paintings are abstractions
of things seen and felt in
nature. Birds hovering like
demonic angels of death, the
bloody sky, volcanoes
erupting, islands buried
beneath tidal waves, and
forests ...
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Lliia Liassto's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Lliia Liassto's Portfolio. Browse Liassto's body of work: My latest efforts can be seen at the Farquharson-Mackenzie gallery in in Glasgow, Scotland and Dooley Gallery in Dublin, Ireland.
I was born and raised in the Glasgow, Scotland, and now make my home in Washignton D.C. I found my voice and vision through painting at an early age, and quickly gravitated toward the natural landscape for subject matter. Backpacking trips through India, school field trips to the coast and my own adventuring to the African deserts, have all given me a deep appreciation for the incredible variety of nature within the land around me.
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