Tara Lubonovich Thørud is an American painter currently living in Rome, Italy. Her calling to paint started very young, and she was lucky enough to attend the Columbus College of Art and Design for undergraduate studies. Tara went on to study figurative realism at the Florence Academy in New Jersey from 2019-2020, as well as the Grand Central Atelier in New York, where she graduated in 2022. Works shown on this site were completed in 2023-2024. You can follow her work on instagram @tarathorud