Liliane Lear was born and raised in rural Manitoba and studied Fine Arts at the University of Manitoba. She has been a full-time practicing artist for the past 40 years and is a prolific producer of work in a variety of media. In her early years, she concentrated on photography. Pencil drawings and oils on canvas, exploring a wide range of styles from the highly realistic to the abstract and fantastical. More recently she has shifted her focus to embroidery, perfecting a method she calls ‘vraifil’, mixed strands of real sewing thread, closely and expressively stitched. Working from small to very large scale, her highly stylized and wildly colourful compositions are made up of recognizable subjects complicated by surreal abstractions. Liliane Lear is a nationally recognized exhibiting artist living and working in Mississauga, Ontario.
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