Lolita Valderrama Savage is a Filipino-American painter internationally recognized for her lyrical landscapes and naturalist style. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Santo Tomas and earned a Diploma from the Accademia di Belle Arte in Florence, Italy. While living in Sweden, she studied painting under her mentor Steffan Hallstrom, further refining her approach to color and composition.
Savage now divides her time between Italy and the United States, exhibiting widely throughout Europe and the USA. Working in oil, watercolor, pastels, ink, and pencil, she paints landscapes of the countries she visits, capturing their atmosphere and spirit in a naturalist manner.
Her exhibition history includes:
Centro D’Incontro Per Stranieri, Palazzon Stroi, and California State University International Program in Florence (1975)
Galleri Origo in Stockholm, Sweden (1977)
“Thirteen Collections” with Sotheby’s and Channel 13 New York (1982)
Philippine Embassy in Washington, D.C.
Philippine Center New York
Peg Alston Gallery, New York (2008)
Through her art, Savage bridges cultures and geographies, presenting landscapes that celebrate both the diversity of places she visits and the universality of beauty in nature.
