The Elegance of Clara Lobel’s Paintings

By Michael Janzen

Painting by Clara Lobel

Clara Lobel is a multi-talented individual which is revealed in her many achievements; award winning model of great elegance, representative agent for exquisite real estate properties, performer of traditional musical instruments, original romantic painting and thoughtful generous philanthropy. In her notable striving towards perfection, her elegant presence is in all of her exceptional accomplishments and recognized contributions. In all that she does, Clara radiates beauty, grace, sophistication, refinement, class and dignity. Her timeless physical poise is of her own signature style. Her manners and demeanor are of kindness, warmth and respect. Clara is an exemplary model, or better said, representative of creative abilities that recognize and project beauty into our world. Clara Lobel is a highly celebrated and public personality that is born out of eastern and western cultures and an inner personal awareness, that is inclusive and unifies.

In my opinion, Clara’s paintings created in the privacy of her studio most fully express, all that she is in one medium, that of oil painting itself. In her painting activities, out of sight from the public, she is totally free to independently entertain and inform her vision and meaning of elegance as she alone sees it.

Clara Lobel

We are no longer made aware of her adherence to the lenses of cameras. Her paintings invite us to see through personal lenses which are her eyes of experience, dreams, visions and her soul showing us a world where only beauty, harmony and peace may reign and exist. Her artworks are not fantasies, they are profoundly romantic but firmly and knowingly based on positive life experiences and her boundless love that brings everything and others together in harmony, beauty and absolute unity. Her paintings are idyllic that are clearly imagined, felt and expressed that become very convincing possibilities towards actualizations into outer reality. The import of her paintings lays way to projecting a beautiful life into the harsh world many others call reality.

Refined Clara refuses to surrender to overt ugliness, crudity, neglect, ineptness, plainness, unimportance, lowliness, barbarism, unstylish, tacky, garishness, discord, sloppiness and the unrefined. These are states in life we are meant to grow out of and not indulge or be imprisoned into. Her vivid, luminous and uplifting paintings endeavor to free our hearts and hopefully our minds and actions. Clara’s inner romantic realities are born out of a vision that comes from her inner eye, utilizing these harmonious elements that are defined by her radiant light, sumptuous colour, embracing atmospheres, positive bright moods, inviting spaces and loving human relationships to be desired. She successfully invites us into her inspired utopia in the hopes of having the viewer step into and be able to participate in it. Ultimately, the artist is wishing to inspire others to create something of this sacred, heavenly world on earth in their own lives that then might be able to spread out into the outer world of reality.

With brush in hand and facing a canvas, Clara absolutely and single-handedly becomes her own master of Elegant Romantic Dreamscapes. The consummate and sincere artist that she is, plus being a celebrated world model and authority of elegance, she can now project romantic elegance into both female and male characters, graceful interactive body language, stylish costumes, imagined ideal settings, jewel like color, illuminating light, purposely selected accessories and visually alluring stories that are clear in meaning. Clara, as a painter, is completely set free when composing her Beautiful Visionary Worlds of Elegance that she brings life to. The painter skillfully communicates by casting her spells of elegance in her richly painted original artworks which gently and lovingly attract her followers that she effortlessly charms. In short, Clara Lobel’s exquisite paintings contribute and reinvigorate much needed romanticism in contemporary life and art.

I congratulate the all encompassing beautiful Clara and thank her for her unique and beautiful visions of living with and by way of elegance as she consistently does uninterruptedly in

both her personal and professional life of expressive and high standing achievements.

Yours in admiration,

Michael Janzen

About Clara Lobel

Clara Lobel is a woman whose life reflects a journey shaped by elegance, discipline, and artistic passion. Born into a scholarly family in China and raised in Hong Kong, her early life was grounded in education, culture, and the arts. She built her professional career in business, focusing on international trade and real estate investment. Through determination and hard work, Clara achieved great success and received numerous awards and honors recognizing her accomplishments. Today, Clara's life is a symphony of self-discipline and creativity. Her weekly routine includes oil painting, yoga, Pilates, jazz dance, and golf — activities that nurture both physical well-being and creative inspiration. She has developed a deep appreciation for golf and continues to pursue oil painting through immersive studio practice, with each painting often requiring more than 100 hours of focus and dedication. For Clara, painting is not only a form of artistic expression, but the fulfillment of a lifelong dream. She continues to receive awards for her accomplishments, most recently she was honored with the 2026 Los Angeles Beverly Arts (LABA) Icon Award.

About Michael Janzen

Michael Janzen is a Canadian international artist whose work focuses on cultural dialogue and collaboration. His artwork has been exhibited in Canada, Brazil, France and China. Known for his live painting performances, Janzen has combined visual art with music, dance and film since 2000. He has been invited to perform at institutions including the Varley Art Gallery, and one of his works was presented to Pope John Paul II. In 2020, the Huronia Museum in Midland, Ontario, acquired one of Janzen’s paintings, which was exhibited alongside works by members of the Group of Seven and their contemporaries. The Group of Seven was a group of Canadian landscape painters founded in 1920 who are renowned for their vibrant and emotive depictions of the Canadian wilderness using bold colors and expressive brushwork. They began an art movement which played a pivotal role in shaping Canadian artistic expression, influencing subsequent generations of artists. He has received many awards including LABA’s MIMV (Most Influential and Most Valuable) Artist for 2022–2024, 2026 LABA Icon Award, LABA Blue Chip Artist, and was most recently appointed Honorary Art Consultant by MDSUN Skin Care.

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