Lena Toritch’s Biography
Her love for art and training started as a young child in St. Petersburg Russia where her father was a professional sculptor. He challenged his young daughter to study the great masters of the past, continually strive to better her work and learn to see the world with an artist’s eye.
Achieving the likeness and capturing the spirit of her subject is a personal and very emotional process for Toritch. She feels the emotion and history behind a sculpture is incredibly important. Toritch works with her client to capture that vision and emotion in each and every sculpture she creates. As a result, Toritch’s portrait statues look very natural, full of life and bear that intangible “real” quality that makes them timeless works of art.
Notable National and International clients
Historic Mission Inn. Riverside, CA
National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum. Fort Pierce, FL.
AMWAY (US, China, India and Malaysia chapters)
Military Service Dog Memorial/ Dogs Queensland. Brisbane, Australia
Roswell Park Cancer Institute. Buffalo, NY
US Department of Justice.
Zion’s Bank. Park City, UT
MARSOC Foundation. Camp Lejeune, NC
Primary Children’s Medical Center. Salt Lake City, UT
Lasdon Park, Arboretum and Veterans Memorial. Katonah, NY.
Philip G. McCarthey Family Foundation. Salt Lake City, UT
Utah Law Enforcement Memorial
I put the work into researching, studying and understanding my subjects. I love that sense of challenge, when I must see the future monument through my client’s eyes, and a great satisfaction, knowing that I succeeded–often exceeded–the expectation.
The timeless themes of love, joy and happiness in art are healing. Even struggle, pain and loss can be viewed through a lens of beauty or reconciliation. Art possesses its own energy, and I like making that energy positive. Through thoughtfully designed shapes and proportions I establish a flow of energy that breathes life into each sculpture, bringing harmony and balance to the final statue and its external environment.”
—Lena Toritch