Lera says “It’s very important for me to express the feeling of an autumn afternoon or a cold winter day in my work.” While her gently abstracted art may depict a tree, a figure, or a seascape, these familiar motifs are created with her holistic artistic license. Like a theatrical backdrop her pictures convey what she describes as “…the illusion of something that is there, but not there.”
Lera’s vision of the urban fabric is similarly romantic and harmonious. Her compositions feature softly angular forms and stylized buildings, abstractions, land and seascapes built up from patches of color. Lera’s art is like a waking dream; they mix places seen, with places remembered
