Lyda currently works as an artist in Charleston, South Carolina. Inspired by family and workshops she attends with her mother, she experiments with new mediums, often drawing her surroundings. These include portraits, figures, interiors, florals… anything that catches her eye. Lyda grew up in West Palm Beach, Florida and graduated from the University of Georgia Lamar Dodd School of Art in 2021 with a major in Drawing and Painting.
Training & Education
May 2018 4 Day Seth Haverkamp Portraiture Workshop & Gesture Drawing, Atlanta, GA
July 2019 4 Day Louis Carr, Portraiture Workshop from Life, Nashville, TN
October 2019 4 Day Marc Chatov Portraiture Workshop from Life, Chattanooga, TN
2020 6 Week Gage Opdenbrouw Drawing and Painting Workshop
Fall 2020 3 Month Marjorie Hicks Mentorship
July 2021 3 Day Edmond Praybe Workshop, Chattanooga, TN
Winter 2023 4 Month Nicolas Uribe Online Workshop
March 2023 1 Week Vincent Desiderio “Quarantine” Lazaretto Island, Menorca, Spain
2021 Phi Beta Kappa, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2021 Summa Cum Laude, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2021 Lamar Dodd School of Art BFA Exit Show
2021 Bachelor Fine Arts, University of Georgia Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, GA
2020, 2021 Dorothy Alexander Roush Student Scholarship, Drawing and Painting, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, GA
2017-2021 Presidential Leadership Scholarship University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2017 International Baccalaureate Diploma Cardinal Newman High School, West Palm Beach, FL