Residing in south Florida with husband and two children, Lori Hlavsa is an accomplished artist.
"My hope is to take the viewer to a place , where imagination and dreams really do exist".

Discovering a love for art at a young age, Lori began to work as a freelance artist through high school.
She demonstrated airbrush to other students. As time went on she knew that art was something more than a hobby.
Family, friends, and teachers were supportive.
In the 80's, Hlavsa's airbrushed murals on vehicles and motorcycles were popular. She earned an Associates degree in Ad design, from the Fort Lauderdale Art Institute, when it was located on AIA and Las Olas . Her sign and mural business grew through the 1980's, and her work brightened up homes, daycare centers, and Broward county schools.

Through the 90's , Lori tried to come up with creative ways to decorate their home, using handmade paper as an art medium to create abstract sculptures. She soon started selling the paper sculptures at art shows and before long, the sculptures evolved into humanlike figures of clowns and fairies. In time these little Paperpeple live in homes of collectors, all over the country.

Presently, Hlavsa returns to illustration, painting, and mixed media.
Much of Hlavsa's subjects comes from watching her daughter dance from the age 5 to 18. Sketches of the dancers in class have become the basis for some of her figures; graceful, dance-like poses. Her son's calm, free spirit, and love for the ocean, also reflects in her work.

She displays them along side of her paper sculptures at the shows, giving the display more interest. Her promoters with their show finesse, gather people that love and enjoy her work.
Customers always comment that Hlavsa's work is magical and inspirational.

" I hope to bring out the child inside, celebrate the present day, and to be free in it.
Sing, Dance, Live, Laugh, Love, and Listen to the quiet rhythm of the world.

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