Liliana Kleiner is orginally from Buenos Aires Argentina, where she learned the art of painting in oils in the tradition of the old European masters.

She has lived and worked in Israel, Montreal, Mexico, and is currently based on Galiano Island on the West Coast of Canada. In addition to her career in visual arts, Liliana has done work in film, performance art, dance, and holds a doctorate in psychology, specializing in Jungian theory and dream analysis.

Since 1995 she has channeled all her creativity into visual arts coming back full circle to her first love - the art of oil painting. Liliana's paintings have been shown in numerous exhibitions throughout Canada and are in private collections in Canada, Israel, Argentina and the United States.

Her vision put to words is simple: We are the land and the land is us. Dreams, myths, spirits and nature meld seamlessly in her art. Her works are large and small, sometimes provocative and elicit an immediate response from the viewer, ... they invite the viewer to reflect and contemplate in order to work out their own interpretation of her paintings.

Visit her new "The Song of Lillith" book and watch a video on how it was created.

Different themes separate the work into varied series - Arbutus trees dance, twist and wind around each other in an almost human way, faces and bodies float and transform themselves, appetizing rocks and pebbles glow and bask on the canvas.

Kleiner's paintings are many-layered, transcending stereotypical borders and labels. In her sensuous and flowing style she somehow makes artistic poetry from familiar objects."

All paintings are for sale. You are welcome to email Liliana or phone with comments or requests to view paintings.