Lara, who was born in East London, has a PhD in Genetics, and worked as a lecturer in Genetics, and a researcher in Cancer Epidemiology. Lara began painting after she stopped lecturing to look after her young children and shifted her focus from Science to Art. Lara’s work is deeply spiritual, and reflects her love of Judaism, incorporating prayers and words of Torah. She works in oils, acrylics, and mixed media and paints portraits incorporating Jewish themes and aspects of her subjects’ lives. Lara is also a Hebrew calligrapher, and scripts and paints ketubahs.
