Luna is a multidisciplinary artist and veteran educator whose artistic work is firmly rooted in cultural heritage and the natural world. Her studio practice weaves these sources together to explore how individuals form themselves through the landscapes they inhabit and the histories they carry. Luna’s paintings are visual dialogues create bridges between painting and the broader themes of culture, identity, memory, and transformation. She invites the viewer to share in her artwork not only as spectators, but as participants in a shared narrative that crosses time and experience.
With over 25 years of teaching, Luna has made developing artistic expression in children and adults her career. She has taught in community centers, schools, private studios, and workshops. Her teaching focus is painting, drawing, and exploration of the individual’s creativity with a wide range of mediums that include oil paint, acrylics, watercolor, pastel, charcoal, and graphite.
Through thoughtful curricular design and both one-on-one or group mentoring, Luna provides an environment where students feel free to find their voice and experiment with styles and techniques.
Her artistic interest lies in examining identity, nature, emotion, and cultural memory.
Luna’s practice extends from hyperrealism to abstraction and minimalism, and her artworks evoke self-analysis as much as connection. She views her art as a site of reflection and conversation. She views it as a shared experience where meaning is not given, but rather discovered collectively. In her artwork as well as in teaching, Luna always tries to break down the boundaries between self and other, past and present, vision and feeling.