Art Works
If you are interested in purchasing any of these works or COMMISSIONING a portrait, please email me info@lianavargas.com
New Work in Progress: Self Portrait as Pandora, Oil on PolyCotton, 76 x 76cm
Greek mythology provides the foundational language and symbolic framework for modern psychology, particularly through the lens of psychoanalysis and archetypal studies. Early psychologists used these stories not just as allegories, but as tools to map the deepest layers of the mind and soul.
It seemed fitting that Martha Augoustinos, a professor of psychology, be portrayed as Athena. Unlike the chaotic war deity Ares, Athena embodies disciplined warfare, practical intelligence, and the civilised order of the city.
In this portrayal she is older and wiser, disillusioned and disappointed.
Athena Archetypal, Oil on Canvas, 76x152cm SOLD
The Wanderluster, Oil on Canvas, 102 x 76cm, 2026
I created this painting after a recent Art Retreat in Spain. It acknowledges my love of adventure and nature.
Never happy to stay still too long the call of the next journey is ever present.
This Wanderlust runs parallel to my need to create. Two things that have been consistent in my life - that need to
explore, to discover and, as an artist, to pay homage to it.
The Sun-Blessed Collection is a series of portraits where I have placed the sitter in imagined, simplified designs that capture the essence of pools, palm trees and sun-drenched cocktails.
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High Quality Giclee’ Art Prints are Available of the paintings below starting from $500, please email me if you are interested
Harriet and Haidee Sweet Sixteen, Oil on PolyCotton, 102 x 76cm, 2026 - Sold
I first made a painting of Harriet and Haidee when they were 10 years old and now they are 16 and full of fun and joy and incredible insights for ones so young. It is my joy to be their art mentor and to be a part of their lives.
Golden Girl, Oil on PolyCotton, 102 x 76cm, 2025 - Sold
Gillian, an exuberant, sparkling, ebullient friend has an enthusiasm for life that cannot be matched
Sun Kissed Twins, Oil on PolyCotton, 102 x 76cm, 2025
Australian Identical twins in their teenage prime. Blonde, bronzed, muscular and fit.
Ralphy the Poolside Pooch, Oil on PolyCotton, 76 x 76cm, 2025
Ralphy loves his floaty and wearing sunglasses
Sun Blissed, Oil on PolyCotton, 76 x 76cm, 2025
The first of my new series. This painting represents a significant moment of healing and celebration in my life. I have chosen to embrace the light and sun-filled joy of simply being. To invite a sense of summer and vitality to this self portrait.
Beach Babe, Oil on PolyCotton, 76 x 76cm
High Quality Giclee’ Art Prints are Available
Little Polly collecting shells in between surfing lessons
Smooth, Oil on PolyCotton, 61 x 30.5cm - Not for sale
Indy, never shaken or stirred, he is the epitome of cool, calm and collected
High Quality Giclee’ Art Prints are Available of the paintings below starting from $500, please email me if you are interested
THE VENICE COLLECTION
Basilica Venezia, Oil on Canvas, 122x102cm, 2024 - SOLD
On a recent visit to Venice I witnessed the Basilica of San Marco in all its blinding, sunlit, water-reflected magnificence. I wanted to paint how it seemed to appear then disappear because of the blinding sun intensified by the reflecting high water.
Venice's Basilica silently shouting to be saved from Global Warming.
Il Papa, Oil on Canvas, 40x35cm, 2024 - SOLD
Inspired by Giacomo Manzù’s bronze Cardinale housed at Ca’ Pesaro, Venice. This sculpture was severely damaged in the 2019 Aqua Alta floods and was only just restored when I saw him. I could imagine him bobbing up and down along the Grand Canal. The sleek lines and aerodynamic flow of the sculpture as well as its stern authority caught my eye and I just had to paint him.
Pink Palazzo, 76x152cm, 2024 - SOLD
When I think of Venice I often think of it in Pink. The Tuscan and Coral Pinks of its Venetian Gothic Architecture and of course the rose glass in its Art Nuevo styled lamp posts. Often a pink sunset appears and reflects in its canals and watery walk ways. Its elegant decaying structures encased in crimson hues.
THE ROUNDS
Actor Paul Blackman, Oil on Wood Round, 30cm - Sold
Dancer Leigh Warren and Jezabel, Oil on Wood Round, 60cm - Unavailable
Music Diva Anne Wiberg, Oil on Wood Round, 30cm - Unavailable
