Livia Stein is a recognized Bay Area painter whose work has been influenced by luminaries such as Philip Guston, Henri Matisse, Pieter Breugal, Richard Diebenkorn and Susan Rothenberg,to name only a few artists who have blazed a trail that speaks of deep searching for emotional truth in art making as well as attention to craft and spontaneity, love of color, and whimsy in the seriousness and rigors of realizing a painting.