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Not many would have made such an unprecedented
move to the industrial neighborhood of downtown Los Angeles from the
serene
beauty of Carmel California or the idyllic island of Capri, Italy
where artist
Lilliana Braico at one time shared a studio with her painter husband,
the late
Leo Braico. She is among those residents who settled and are bringing
to life
what was once the industrial hub and home to much of LA's homeless to
what has
now become known as the Arts District of Downtown Los Angeles.
For the past 20 years she had maintained her gallery, the
Lilliana Braico
Gallery, in Carmel, Ca. She initially came to Los Angeles just to
visit and was
impressed enough with the creative energy of the community to make a
quite
spontaneous decision to pull up stakes and move into a loft here. The
Arts
District also borders "Little Tokyo" and in recent years her work
became immensely popular in Japan. Braico has sold over 500 original
paintings
through one woman shows at Mutsukoshi and Shikigaro galleries there.
Those works however, were the paintings of Capri landscapes or
the vivid florals
that she was known for. It is this representational painting that she
was
wanting to move away from and the move to downtown LA however
impulsive, has
had its effect on her painting. Since coming here she has
completed
dozens of large canvases of bold abstracts that pay homage to the city
skyline
looming over the post industrial neighborhood where she currently
lives.
Please visit the GALLERY link above to see this latest work.