Dorothy Laz (pronounced Vaz) has been painting for eight years with feverish intensity. She’ll tell you painting is her “life's blood.” While prolific, she has obvious talent and technical skill. Her work has been collected by museums and galleries and has been exhibited proudly in many collections around the world. She has participated in 30 exhibitions in Poland and foreign countries including:

Centre of Culture - Mielec, Poland
Krakow - Poland
Rzeszow - Poland
Polaniec - Poland
Makaczewo - Ukraine
Saint Martin - France
Morlaix - France

Her works are in private collections in Poland, England, France United States, and Canada.

Dorothy studied art at WSP (Higher Pedagogical School) in Krakow. Her first exhibition in 1994, titled Hanging Bridge, included 25 paintings made with pastel technique. In 1997 Dorothy received the Distinction on Display award from the KBWA in Krakow. In the same year she was chosen to go to Mukaczewo (Ukraine) as artist in residence. In 1998 she founded a new Association of Artists in Mielec, whose membership has grown rapidly since its founding.

When it comes to subjects for her work, Dorothy paints everything - portrait, landscape, and still life. "An apple on the tablecloth" are equivalent objects for her. She wants us to see the wonderfulness in common things. For Dorothy, flowers are never treated as decoration of interior. They are always in the foreground. She considers paintings of flowers and trees to be as portraits rather than photographs of landscapes.

"Painting is the rest for me. It is my work, my need and I am sure I could not live without my painting.”