Lakshmi Shankarreddy is a fine artist from the San Francisco Bay Area. She grew up in India and currently lives in northern California.
Her parents, both doctors, encouraged her from her childhood to draw, paint and create.
She loves to paint and continues to be a professional and practising artist. Lakshmi’s artworks have been exhibited in art shows in USA and India.
Press has widely published her art shows.
She is known for her oil paintings which have her distinctive contemporary touch with a soft impressionist style. She is also an inspiring art educator, having taught art
workshops in the USA and India. She has been conducting ‘Creating Art for a good cause ‘Art show fundraisers for nonprofit organizations.
She has been teaching fine art to children, Teens and Adults for the past 29 years.
In her own words – “I am continuously inspired by the beauty of nature and to make Art. Art is my passion and an essential part of my life. There has never been anything else I wanted to be or do.
My muses are many – Kindness, Compassion, Nature, United States of America, India, Indian mythology, food, festivals, family and friends. I am delighted to share my art and inspiration with you.”
Reach Lakshmi at Instagram Or visit Official Website at www.lakshmishankarreddy.com
LAKSHMI ART WORKSHOP – CREATING ART FOR A GOOD CAUSE AND ART EDUCATION
Lakshmi Shankarreddy has been teaching art classes at Lakshmis Art Workshop, an award-winning art school in Union City, San Francisco Bay Area and conducting art show fundraisers for nonprofit organizations – ‘Creating art for a good cause ‘thus inspiring and encouraging budding artists and students to create and share art for a useful purpose.
- 2013 Student Art Show Fundraiser for Colorful Minds, CA
- 2015 Student Art Show Fundraiser for Small Steps Foundation, CA
- 2017 Exhibition of Art Cards- Art show fundraiser for Lucille Packard Children Hospital Stanford CA
- 2019 Lakshmis Art Workshop has been awarded Best of 2019, Art School, Union City CA.
Lakshmi Shankarreddy started Lakshmis Art Workshop with the purpose of teaching art, mainly visual arts in all its manifestations, beginning with children’s art classes, summer art camps to courses in Drawing, Painting, Art Portfolio prep for Teens and Oil painting classes for Adults.
Lakshmis Art Workshop conducts art classes and summer art camps which are designed to bring out the creative talent in children apart from imparting skills; the emphasis is on the very free expression of ideas through art lessons, specially designed projects and art appreciation.
Children are introduced to freehand, model, memory, geometric and perspective drawing. They are encouraged to choose their manner of expression and learn to create art using various mediums like pencil art, charcoal, oil pastels, Ink sketches, watercolor painting, acrylic painting, oil painting, clay art, collage making, mixed media , printmaking and art history.
Art opportunities: Lakshmis Art Workshop provides art opportunities for students and budding artists, a platform to display their artworks through art shows, art show fundraisers for nonprofit organizations and teaching opportunities for selected advance level students to assist in the classroom and summer camps.
Artist Lakshmi Shankarreddy conducts Lakshmis Art Workshop
In 2019, Lakshmis art workshop was awarded Best of 2019, Art School, Union City CA.