L. Mangue was born in the windy little city of Santa Maria, CA, where she lived with her parents until she was four years old. Lompoc, CA served as home for three more years then a final move to Santa Barbara, CA with her parents, where she spent nearly 30 years of her life.

Two of L. Mangue's greatest interests as a child were all of the animals in her busy little neighborhood and creative communication, much to the frustration (at times) of her parents. Her childhood was typical...playing and learning.

It was in Jr. High School that L. Mangue discovered the pleasures of fine arts and was hooked.  By Senior High School she was asked to help restore an old mural in the main hall (which still stands today), had joined the AP program and was honored with an award for her achievements in art. From there she worked on various independent film projects, in front of and behind the cameras (acting to storyboarding) and was included in a feature article in Cinemagic magazine on The Perfect Robot Baby. She also worked in front of the camera as an uncredited actor/extra in several film and TV productions. Including: Robocop, Promises to Keep, Paint It Black, Santa Barbara and a commercial for Freixenet (sparkling wine) in Spain. She was represented by agents in Santa Barbara, San Francisco and Los Angeles in the US; Barcelona and Paris, in Europe.

LM has studied art, art history, film, general studies, business, real estate and life  and works full-time pursuing her professional artistic endeavors.

EDUCATION: Santa Barbara Community College; UCLA (brief attendance only); Santa Barbara Museum of Art - docent studies; Century 21 - Real Estate; WEV - Women's Economic Ventures - Business school

CAREER BITS: L. Mangue has illustrated for: George Burns, Guillermo del Toro, Fran Drescher, Gerald Home, Vicki Lawrence, Brinke Stevens, Yeardley Smith, Robert Goulet, Oprah Winfrey, Barbara Mandrell and many others. LM and her work have been featured on the Pet Dept. (FX Network), Businesses That Work - KEYT3 ABC, and Welcome! to Santa Barbara Magazine.

Other projects and work include floral, landscape, fantasy/science fiction illustration and personal sketch cards.  L. Mangue has produced sketch cards for Topps (Lord of the Rings) and Breygent Marketing (Vintage Poster Collection and Wizard of Oz - series II) and has had work featured in Star Wars Insider magazine, Comic Con International's program book and the Santa Barbara I Madonari festival.

She works entirely in colored pencil and art markers at her studio in Palm Desert, CA.