LaRey Pablo
Meet the Artist
LaRey Pablo is a talented self-taught painter and collage artist based in Connecticut, whose creative work reflects her curiosity, imagination, and ability to transform familiar imagery into something uniquely her own.
Working across multiple artistic mediums, LaRey draws inspiration from iconic people, music, popular culture, animals, nature, and everyday imagery. Rather than simply reproducing the subjects she encounters, she adds her own interpretation, creating artwork that is immediately recognizable while retaining a distinctive personal style.
LaRey's artwork is featured through Inspire Arts, a Connecticut-based disability arts program created by The Supported Living Group to provide artists living with disabilities and brain injuries with opportunities for creative expression, community participation, exhibitions, and the marketing and sale of their artwork.
Art, Identity & Expression
For LaRey, art provides a powerful form of communication and self-expression.
As a stroke survivor living with hemiparalysis and expressive aphasia, her lived experience has influenced the way she approaches the creative process. Art provides an opportunity to communicate visually and express ideas that may not always be easily communicated through traditional conversation.
This is one of the reasons creative arts can be particularly meaningful within the brain injury community. Inspire Arts' programming recognizes that visual art can provide alternative avenues for expression and connection, including for individuals experiencing communication challenges following brain injury.
LaRey's work demonstrates that a disability may influence an artist's creative process without defining the artist's creative potential.
exhibitions
2024 “New Perspectives” Inspire Arts Group Exhibit, Avon Public Library, CT
2024 "The Accessible Artist" Showcasing Artists with Disabilities. Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT
2024 “Art for Healing” An exhibition for health and wellness hosted by New England Donor Services in collaboration with The 224 EcoSpace, Hartford, CT
2024 Open Studio Hartford Group Exhibit. Hartford, CT
2025 Inspire Arts Group Exhibition. Simsbury Public Library, Simsbury, CT
2025 5th Annual Blank Canvas Art Show. Community Exhibit Workspace Manchester, CT
2025 “Confident Embrace” A community exhibition in collaboration with The Brain Injury Alliance of CT, sharing the creative expression of brain injury survivors. Kalaveshi Arts, Avon, CT
2025 Inspire Arts Group Exhibition. East Hartford Public Library, East Hartford, CT
2026 Inspire Arts Group Exhibition. Sheraton Gallery, Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, CT
2026 Inspire Arts Group Exhibit. Windsor Locks Town Hall, Windsor Locks, CT
2026 33rd National Arts Exhibition. CT State Capital Community College, Hartford, CT
2026 "Mother Nature, The Art of Creation". EarthSong Art Gallery, Southington, CT
2026 “Art for Healing” An exhibition for health and wellness hosted by New England Donor Services in collaboration with The 224 EcoSpace, Hartford, CT
Larey’S Artistic Style and Influences
LaRey's work spans a variety of subjects and visual approaches. She frequently incorporates recognizable cultural figures, animals, music-related imagery, and symbolic themes into her artwork.
Her gallery includes paintings and mixed-media pieces inspired by figures including Billie Holiday, David Bowie, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis Presley, John F. Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, and The Beatles, alongside animal imagery such as owls, sea turtles, tigers, and bees.
This broad range of subject matter reflects LaRey's willingness to explore different ideas while maintaining her own artistic voice.
Her work includes:
Painting
Collage
Mixed media
Portraiture
Pop-culture-inspired artwork
Animal imagery
Decorative artwork
Mandala-inspired designs
LaRey's work is an example of what can happen when artists are given the opportunity, space, and support to continue developing their creative voices.