Biography
The Artist
A lifelong artist, Sylvia Laks draws on her immediate natural and social environment for inspiration. Her professional career started as a clothing designer for a San José (Costa Rica)-based manufacturer. In 1986 she began working with stained glass, and her interests quickly turned to painting a la grisaille, working to revive this largely forgotten technique. She is now one of a handful of people in the world who has mastered the skill. Today, the complexity and texture of Sylvia’s work, combined with the artist’s subtle command of subject matter, make her a true master of her medium.