Larisa Aukon

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Walk Lightly on Your Way

79" x 59" oil

Afternoon Breeze

24" x 36" oil

Simple Blue

24" x 18" oil

A Proper Lady

20" x 20" oil

Trawler

16" x 20" oil

Summer Field

16" x 20" oil

Gift Shop

16" x 12" oil

Arizona Stream

16" x 12" oil

Majestic

12" x 16" oil

Peaks

12" x 16" oil

Riga Pinks

12" x 12" oil

Wagon

12" x 12" oil

Riga Cathedral Sketch

9" x 12" oil

Lake's Edge

12'' x 12'' oil

High Desert

10'' x 12'' oil

Flagstaff Road

9'' x 12'' oil

Peeking Through

9" x 12" oil

Blue

12" x 9" oil

Simple Color

9" x 12" oil

Leftovers

9" x 12" oil

Rhythm

8" x 8" oil

Embrace

8" x 8" oil

Moving

8" x 8" oil

Duo

8" x 8" oil

Red Dress

8" x 8" oil

Spice of Life

8" x 8" oil

First Steps

8" x 8" oil

Ready to Go

8" x 8" oil

French Cafe

8" x 8" oil

Careful Steps

8" x 8" oil

Season of Light Etude

5" x 7" oil

Winter Sun

6" x 6" gouache

Afternoon Sun

5" x 7" oil

Two Peaks

6" x 8" oil

Getting Hot

8" x 8" oil

Desert Sketch II

6" x 8" oil

Color Study III

6" x 8" oil

Riga

5" x 7" oil

Winter Blue

6" x 8" oil

Snow on the High Peaks

12" x 16" oil

Morro Bay Marina

12" x 16" oil

Afternoon Sun

5" x 7" oil

Riga

5" x 7" oil on panel

Standing Out

SOLD 24" x 18" oil

Adventurer's Reward

Click Here for Selected Sold Works - Adventurer

SOLD 30" x 36" oil on canvas 2009

Clouds Over the Peaks

SOLD 6" x 8" oil

Highlights

SOLD 24" x 30" oil

Temples of Today

SOLD 36 1/2" x 36" oil

Columbine

SOLD 14" x 11" oil

Two Peaks II

SOLD 6" x 8" oil

Twins

SOLD 12" x 16" oil

Saturday Night

SOLD 8" x 8" oil on canvas panel 2018

Beautiful Home

SOLD 12" x 16" oil

Lupins

SOLD 16" x 12" oil

Playground

SOLD 32" x 32" oil

Townies II

SOLD 24" x 24" oil

Dancing in the Wind

SOLD 30" x 36" oil

Ballerina's Veil

Click Here for Selected Sold Works - Ballerina

SOLD 24" x 36" oil

Coyote Trail

SOLD 54" x 44" oil

Bright Desert

SOLD 12" x 16" oil

Riga Moon

SOLD 24" x 18" oil

Tucked In

SOLD 24" x 24" oil

Beginning

SOLD 36" x 48" oil

Canyon

SOLD 24" x 18" oil

Shadow

SOLD 12" x 9" oil

High Altitude

SOLD 12" x 16" oil

Bed of Irises

SOLD 18" x 24' oil

White House

SOLD 12" x 16" oil

Floral

SOLD 6" x 6" oil

Arizonans

SOLD 30" x 40" oil

The Wall

SOLD 12" x 16" oil

Slowly

SOLD 8" x 8" oil

Sailboats

SOLD 16" x 20" oil

Patterns

SOLD 12" x 16" oil on canvas panel

Early Summer

SOLD 14" x 18" oil

Come Together

SOLD 18" x 24" oil

Explore

16" x 12" oil

Glimpse of the Forest

SOLD 16" x 12" oil

Back East

SOLD 18" x 24" oil

Day Hike

SOLD 6" x 6" gouache

Summer Floral

SOLD 14" x 11" oil

No One's Home

Click Here for Selected Sold Works - No One

SOLD 12" x 16" oil on canvas panel

Riding

SOLD 6" x 6" gouache

Reds and Yellows

SOLD 16" x 12" oil

From the Top

SOLD 12" x 12" oil

Old Town

SOLD 16" x 12" oil

Perch Taste Good Too

SOLD 12" x 9" oil

Desert Sketch

SOLD 6" x 8" oil

Color Study

SOLD 6" x 8" oil

Summer Promises

SOLD 30" x 30" oil

Forest

SOLD 12" x 16" oil

Grazing Pintos

SOLD 16" x 29" oil

Happy Hill

SOLD 6" x 8" oil

Alley

SOLD 12" x 16" oil

View from the Past

SOLD 30" x 30" oil

Sacred Animal

SOLD 12" x 16" oil

Color Study II

SOLD 6" x 8" oil

Sacred Chamber

SOLD 48" x 48" oil

Forest Blend

SOLD 12" x 16" oil

A Place of Bounty

SOLD 28" x 25" oil

It Happens in August

SOLD 36" x 36" oil 2011

Grounded

SOLD 12" x 16" oil

Midnight Sonnet

NFS 30" x 24" oil

Green Street

SOLD 24" x 30" oil

Clouds Running

SOLD 12" x16" oil

Big City Lights

SOLD 12" x 12" oil

Blue Tree

SOLD 12" x 16" oil

Connected

SOLD 20" x 30" oil

Find the Echoes

SOLD 30" x 40" oil

Moon Rise

SOLD 24" x 30" oil

Irises

SOLD 36" x 24" oil

Townies

SOLD 30" x 30" oil

Fountain

SOLD 10'' x 12'' oil

Tales of Winter

SOLD 30" x 48" oil

Friends

SOLD 8" x 8" oil

Afternoon in Sedona

SOLD 10'' x 12'' oil

Pinnacle

SOLD 10'' x 12'' oil

Good Morning

SOLD 28" x 57" oil

Season of Light

SOLD 18" x 24" oil

Cathedral

SOLD 12" x 16" oil

Since Ancient Times

SOLD 57" x 40" oil

Bears Canyon

SOLD 24" x 30" oil

Undiscovered

SOLD

Wild Blooms

SOLD 12" x 12" oil

Painted Desert

SOLD

Wintertime

SOLD

Time

SOLD 40" x 40" oil

Along the Creek

SOLD 12" x 12" oil 2007

Pale Field

SOLD 10" x 12" oil

Under the Blue Sky

SOLD 12" x 16" oil

Quiet Spell

SOLD 30" x 24"

Poutpourri

SOLD

Happy Hour

SOLD 6" x 8" oil

cAUK 213_You Are Not Alone_24 x 24_oil on panel_20

SOLD

Streetlights

SOLD

Golden Ribbon

SOLD 4" x 6" gouache

Evening Glow

SOLD 4" x 6" gouache

Canyon Red

SOLD 7" x 5" gouache

Three Blue Horses

SOLD 5" x 7" gouache

Polka Dots

SOLD 6" x 8" oil

Pastel Day

SOLD 6" x 8" oil

Sedona Trail

SOLD 6" x 8" oil

Sherbet

SOLD 6" x 8" oil

Riga Church

SOLD 6" x 8" oil

Oasis

SOLD 16" x 12" oil

White House

SOLD 10" x 12" oil

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Larisa passed away in August of 2018.

I truly believe there is an inner “pulse” that runs through everything, mostly unseen but more often felt. I can think of no greater artistic inspiration than identifying this current and holding it in my heart long enough to translate it to canvas. I search for that perfect moment where everything falls into place inspirationally and technically. From that point on, I paint voraciously as if time is running out on me.

Over the last few years, following her first solo exhibition in the US in 2010, Larisa Aukon has quickly established herself as an accomplished painter and teacher in the United States. While countless artists paint with color, Larisa’s extensive education and natural talents allow her to create masterfully mixed and layered palettes supported by a framework of strong compositions. She fills her canvases with bold strokes of rich pigment that capture the ever-changing hues of natural light. The original tones seep through later paint additions, creating depth and brilliance that have become hallmarks of her work.

From a very young age, Larisa received intensive art training in her native Latvia. She was accepted to the prestigious Janis Rosenthal’s Secondary Art School in Riga. It is a very well-known school for gifted children. One had to pass a series of extensive academic and art exams in order to be accepted. Along with only 9 other students selected for this exclusive program, Larisa, in addition to a full academic course load, had up to 20 art-related lessons per week from the time she was 12 until she turned 18. After high school, she was accepted into the Latvian State Academy of Fine Arts in Riga from which she graduated with a master’s degree.
Today, Larisa calls Arizona her home where she spends her time painting and teaching.

Her works are in many private and corporate collections throughout the U.S., Canada, England, Italy, Germany, Sweden, Poland, Latvia and Russia.