"Capturing a piece of beauty in art is like giving a piece of love back to the world."
Lara Annina is a self-taught contemporary artist based in the Netherlands. Her work moves between hyperrealism and emotional storytelling. Each series explores its own theme: instinct, vulnerability, strength, transformation and the connection between humans and nature.
Each series is its own subject.
Into instinct, into feminine strength, into the quiet intensity of animals. Bound together by the same signature: oil paint, acrylics, texture and gold leaf.

Instinct is written before we ever open our eyes. Silent, ancient, rooted deeper than thought.
These portraits explore the invisible language that exists within us. Before thought, before experience, before identity, instinct is already written into our DNA.

Night as a metaphor for the unseen. Hidden emotion, untold story, inner transformation.
A tribute to the silent strength and emotional depth of femininity: softness and power, vulnerability and resilience, captured through dark atmospheres and refined detail.

A reminder that nature carries a wisdom far older than human logic.
Dedicated to the beauty, strength and spirit of animals, such as lions, tigers, panthers, seen with a gaze that goes beyond appearance alone.
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Learn drawing, pastel or painting in the studio in Nijkerk or during evening classes in Spakenburg. Small groups, personal guidance.
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