Born in Michigan, raised in Los Angeles, Block began painting when she moved to New York at seventeen. She began her art studies at Vassar College before going abroad in her junior year to study more intensely at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts and the Sorbonne in Paris. She was immediately attracted to the styles of Clemente, Picasso, Schiele, and Van Gogh.

After graduating from Vassar, she returned to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting and music, and she continued to paint. She began a prolific series of paintings characterized by bold colors and somber moods. There are overtones in her canvases which depict the struggle of the individual trying to find faith in the contemporary society; her work is also imbued with her own passion and sensitivity. She does mostly studies of the human figure and portraits, painting in watercolor, gouache, and acrylic.

Block has had two showings of her work in Los Angeles this year. She had a solo exhibit in February at a private home in Santa Monica. Following that, she was involved in a group show at the Orbetello Gallery in Los Angeles in March. Her work resides in many private collections. Some of her work can be viewed online at: http://www.artlaguna.com