Lara Virginia

Biography

I have two work passions in life. Gardening (including landscaping) and painting. I can't do one without the other. I earn my living as a landscape gardener, but when the weather is poor, I paint. I am fortunate to get commissions coming in a few times a year and spent about 5 years painting full time, after a knee injury. I'm starting to paint more again now...I'm getting older and laying patios and building walls is taking it's toll! I did attend college for about 6 months after school, studying art, but it really didn't work for me. Thank goodness for all of the amazing artists out there, whose work has inspired me over the years. I'm 20 years off retirement (at the moment!)...I plan on seeing that period in with a pair of secateurs in one hand and a paintbrush in the other!