Lori Escalera, Neighbor

A native Los Angeleno, Lori centered her artistic life in the suburbs of Southern California. Lori's art interests are figurative and revolve around the study of the figure. Lori questions the artist's place in the continuum of art history and questions cultural beliefs about history. Lori is a cross-medium artist, whose artwork is done in oil paint and chalk, becoming one of the world’s top-recognized Street Painters in Madonnari style chalking. Her love of Baroque artwork over the years developed into her reproducing Academic Classicism in the street.

Between 1994 - 2004, Escalera instructed hundreds of children, adults, and seniors on her ideas about art history, drawing, painting, and cultural arts, in SoCal - via camps, classes, and private lessons. In 1995, she began creating murals with community groups and serving underserved sectors, and was founding president of the Culver City Art Group civic organization.

Lori writes, speaks, and offers painting and educational workshops. Her 2015 academic paper on art ideology, gender, and neuroaesthetics is included in “As It Is” TRAC 2015 Proceedings. Lori received her Bachelor Art Degree Cum Laude in Graphic Design and Communication from SDSU. She holds art degrees from WLA College and Los Angeles Trade Technical College and her Certificate of Completion in Commercial Art from LATTC. She currently resides in Vista, California. Google search her name, find her on FB, or visit her website for more at: http://www.thestreetpainter.com