Dance of Death, Dance of Life 4 Painting

Livia Balu is a visual artist, who lives and works in Clarens/Montreux, Switzerland. As an award-winning illustrator, painter, and engraver, she lives and breathes art - her raison d'être since childhood. Her work is prolific and has exhibited all over the world - from Romania to Switzerland, from Austria to France, from South Korea to Spain, and from Italy and China to New York. Livia has a natural talent that cannot be contained. She brings a unique gift of expression, driven by an innate passion and the desire to bring joy to others. As a consummate professional, she continually seeks to expand her learning - not only for her own self-improvement, but also to further inform how her art can help enhance the human condition. As an art therapist and teacher, she brings her expertise as an NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) Master Practitioner to her classes for children and adults to help them stimulate everyday creative processes. Livia's personal evolution has been a dance of ongoing reflection, progress, and synchronicity. And there is nothing that inspires, motivates, and fuels her more than her profound love for and great pride in her daughter. Livia's work is rich, thought-provoking and sumptuous, touching the soul. She can turn a massive mountain into an intimate friend, and a modest cauliflower into a complex interpretive experience, creating deep connection and pleasure through her colour and form. By Jennifer Rose Rojas, Certified Hypnotist and Writer, Pennsylvania, USA