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Featured: Maternity Series (Limited)

This colorful series was made during my maternity leave.

The background is spray painted and the animals are laser cut out of wood/acrylic and painted with ink. You can learn more here.

Maternity Series - Insect Theme - Wasp $248.00

Maternity Series - Insect Theme - Ladybug $248.00

Maternity Series - Insect Theme - Monarch Butterfly $248.00

Maternity Series - Insect Theme - Dragonfly Sold Out

Maternity Series - Insect Theme - Honey Bee $248.00

Maternity Series - Insect Theme - Leopard Moth $248.00

Maternity Series - Sea Theme - Blue-Ringed Octopus Sold Out

Maternity Series - Sea Theme - Trigger Fish $248.00

Maternity Series - Sea Theme - Sea Turtle Sold Out

Maternity Series - Sea Theme - Calico Crab Sold Out

Maternity Series - Sea Theme - Jellyfish $248.00

Maternity Series - Sea Theme - Leopard Shark $248.00

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The opportunity to design these murals and facilitate painting them at both opening events meant the world to me. It was also a very vulnerable thing for me to do but vulnerability is what you need to connect and I hope that these murals helped to do just that.

Maternity Series - Artist Statement

April 03, 2022

Color is a focus of my work for a variety of reasons, but the main reason is for healing. My father was an angry and violent man. He took out his rage on his family daily and I took it upon myself to protect my mother and brother from him by becoming the focus of his fury. We didn’t have much, but my mother filled our home with colorful art to bring radiance into an otherwise dark place. I followed in her footsteps and escaped into vibrant art of all shapes and forms. Getting into the flow of mindful art creation has been the single most important part of my healing. I hope to share the happiness that colorful art brings me with others, especially children.

Domestic Abuse, Written by an Immigrant

November 01, 2020

Why am I sharing this? I have made it my life’s mission to fight for those who were less fortunate like me and my family, including my father who was also a victim. The first step is increasing awareness. We cannot hide in shame and statistics. We have to be loud and talk about very personal stories.

Commissions

I take commissions!

My rate for a commissioned painting is $2 a square inch with a minimum purchase of $100. If you are interested, please message me.

Coaching

Learn from me

If you want to learn: how to unblock your creativity, how to improve mental health through art, how to add art making to busy schedule, how to start making resin art and more, let me know! I charge $100 an hour.

Testimonials

"One great project was commisioning Lona to paint an old abandoned barrel along an open space trail to create new life. It is now a point of interest for the park - folks snap a shot of their bike with it all the time"

— Dr. Jon Carter

I commissioned a portrait of George, a black Labrador, for my partner’s mother and she cried over it. She said she can’t get over how much it looks like George and that Lona is really talented. This was a challenging process since we had bad photos and the quality ones were taken the day he died. We didn’t want to memorialize him like that but Lona worked with the photos and the feedback we gave her.

— Lauren Fellure