Lorien Suarez of Riverside is a painter specializing in colorful abstract compositions focused on geometric and organic forms.  Her work focuses on the beauty and allure of color, light and the dynamism of forms inspired by iconography, mathematical principles of geometry and designs found in nature.  Through her compositions, she builds layers of meaning about the many transformations that occur in life and natural history.  Her thematic investigative series includes Wheel within a Wheel, Living Water, Loving Union, Rayuela, Spirals, Ethereal forms and Organic Forms.  These investigations encompass the visual arrangement of coalescing and expanding energy that are expressed as elaborate designs with geometric structures and patterns of movement.

Lorien was raised in Venezuela and moved with her family to Oregon as a teenager.  Ms. Suarez holds a BA Summa Cum Laude in History from UC Berkeley and an MA Cum Laude in European studies from the Katholieke Universiteit at Leuven in Belgium.  She attended graduate programs at the Universidad de Salamanca, Spain, in History and in Business Administration at ESADE in Barcelona Spain.

Artist Picture by: Michael J. Elderman
Orange Picture by: Carla Conti Bender