As an Artist, Maria Lord is influenced by her unique multicultural upbringing. A Native New Yorker born in Queens; her mother is Peruvian and her father from Romania.
At six months old she left the States to live with her grandparents in Lima, Peru. As a young child, she always used her creativity and imagination: gathering random objects in the street and recreating them into beautiful things.
She also had the opportunity to attend a Chinese Peruvian school for a few years where she learned about the Chinese culture, which greatly influenced her design aesthetics.
Maria moved back to New York permanently with her grandmother at the age twelve. Throughout her childhood and in her adult life she traveled internationally to Europe, South America and the Caribbbean, her travels influenced her artistic style. She obtained her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Fashion Institute of Technology and worked in the fashion industry for several years creating a myriad of prints and embel- lishments for many companies.
Maria wanted to create a product that reflected her artistic style and that could bring comfort, love and joy to others. In 2013, Maria Lord Designs, LLC was founded a company that creates greeting cards and prints that are beautiful, practical, high end and distinct. The fun stylized shapes and specific use of color that characterizes her products has a blend of sweet and boho chic yet sophisticated and classic.
Recently Maria has joined several art organizations where she has the opportunity to show her illustratioon and mixed media pieces in local venues and galleries. Although her recent artwork continues to have the style and use of patterns that characterise her work, most of her latest work is inspired by social issues and current events, always hoping to tell a story or send a message through her artwork. Maria continues creating hoping to inspire others through art.
“Life is a journey, we go challenges and beautiful exceptional moments... we keep moving forward, loving, believing, creating, living... the best is yet to come”
