Sophie’s Sunshine

20″ x 24″
Oil On Canvas
By Lauren Luna

Lauren Luna was born in Columbus, Ohio.  After graduating from Kent State University’s School of Fine Arts with a focus in painting, she moved to New York City.  She began teaching Special Education for New York City schools and entered a Masters program at Manhattan College.  Upon graduation, she moved back to her hometown of Columbus along with her son and continued teaching. Later enrolling in the Academy of Art University for her second Master’s degree, in Fine Arts.

In 2011, Luna relocated to Houston, Texas, pursuing her new life as a full time artist. 

In 2015, after winning Best In Show at a juried art competition, she was commended by the Alvin Independent School District School Board, and was put into Congressional Record by the District’s State Representative. She is a frequent participant to local art festivals, has a mural at the George R. Brown Convention Center and throughout the greater Houston area,  and was the subject of a proclamation by the Mayor of the City of Houston, that July 11th, as Lauren Luna Day!

Luna is a former art professor, and is Co-Founder of the D.R.E.A.M Affect Foundation, a charitable organization that awards scholarships to minority art students pursuing Fine Arts, and grants for emerging artists to show their work.