A dynamic oil painter, L. Risor chooses to portray strikingly uplifting subjects reflective of life's inspiration & majesty hoping to evoke happy optimistic emotions, proven to motivate a viewer to smile.

"One of the greatest feelings of accomplishment is seeing the magic of a face light up like a star with an astounding smile!" according to enthusiastic L. Risor.

L. Risor, born in Marfa, Texas, amid the mysterious 'Marfa Lights', Risor began painting as a young child, after moving to Pecos where bedridden due to rheumatic fever, Risor's mother would help to fill the many weeks and later years of illness with art and craft projects. Projects distracted Risor from pain and discomfort, cultivating a positive sense of well being while nurturing a passion for art which flourished over the years.

Risor grew up in the country, riding horses, fishing, and skipping stones, with a natural love and respect for natures beauty and art. Risors grandmother, sold famed western artist, the late Melvin Warren, the family ranch where Risor roamed hunting arrow heads and playing in the Bosque river near Clifton, Texas, and even sculpting raw clay found in the river bottom from a very young age, honing artistic skills at any and every opportunity. Training in printing and graphic arts helped Risor land jobs in the art departments of The Drawing Board, Tandy/Radio Shack, and New Woman Magazine prior to taking a giant leap of faith as a free lance artist as a single parent.

After moving to Colleyville, Texas Risor's seventh grade history teacher, Heather White, as luck would have it, was also Risor's art teacher. White recognized and helped L. Risor appreciate and hone natural artistic talent rather than dwell on being falsely labeled as - 'stupid' while growing up with physical & academic shortcomings due to dyslexia & asthma related oxygen deprivation. This sensational art teacher, & years later, renowned artist, friends, and mentors - Jack White & his acclaimed artist wife, Mikki - three great Whites - were the positive catalyst influential in Risor rising as an accomplished artist!

"In highschool I was lucky to have taken a three year course in Printing & Graphics which landed me fun jobs at The Drawing Board in Dallas, at Tandy/Radio Shack in Fort Worth, and at New Woman Magazine before the company moved back to Florida after an unusually harsh Texas winter. I began freelance work as a fine artist and for over 30 years I have more than enjoyed painting for my living. I passionately love my job. Everything I do - I do with loyalty, passion & dedication. To meet people & feel good about myself & life in general, and to give back for some of the blessings I have received, I recently took a course and began work as a certified health care professional to be able to care for others in need. There IS more to life than painting pretty pictures!"

Risor enjoys painting nature, animals, trompe l oeil, faux finishes, garden scenes and wildlife but is best known and commissioned most to paint fantastic fun feline portraits.

Artist & Native Texan, L. Risor, now paints daily and is healthy and happy with a hopeful positive outlook which generates awe-inspiring oil paintings depicting life's simplicity & splendor!

For over three decades Risor has exhibited in shows across the country including Canton Texass' First Monday Trade Days, Kerreville's Texas State Art & Craft Fair, Arkansass' War Eagle, and Round Top/Warrenton, Texass' 'Antique Weekend'. Risor spent a memorable adventure filled Scandinavian summer touring northern Europe painting and exhibiting the summer of 2001.

Native Texan, L. Risor, grew up in Colleyville, attended highschool in Grapevine, and previously lived in Arlington, Fort Worth, Crane, the serenity of Hamilton, Lake Whitney, and Meridian, Texas, but currently resides south of the DFW Metroplex.

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