MHCC STUDENT LUCIA FAITH EXPRESSES EMOTIONS THROUGH ART

Historically, artistic talent has always flourished, in many ways, during times of high stress and frightening uncertainty.

But very few artists truly capture and reflect the collective unease of our time as does MHCC student Lucia Faith, in every piece.

Each of Faith’s works evokes a composed savagery, every strikingly bold color and stroke intricately contrasted with the rest. She intricately mocks traditional anatomical form in every painting, choosing instead to twist conventional human shape into something monstrously alluring, entirely new. Often combining cubist and surrealist elements, Faith depicts dark images and emotions with a juxtaposing brightness, forcing a viewer out of their comfort zone and encouraging them to find another form of satisfaction in this unknown space she has created for them.

“My work comes from loving a lot of different artists including [Jean-Michel] Basquiat, George Condo, Louis Carreon, and @najimir (username of popular artist Naji Chalhoub),” she explains.

“I started drawing based off of how I felt and just needing something to keep me busy, and those artists just helped influence me a lot.”

Regarding whether the current pandemic has affected her work, she shares a painfully relatable sentiment for many of us: “It’s affected my painting a lot, honestly. I have a lot of free time on my hands which you’d think would [make] me paint more, but instead it’s left me kind of in a rut and not doing anything.”

As Faith solidifies herself as a creative force to be reckoned with within the Portland metro area art scene, so, too, do her images implant themselves into an admirer’s psyche – before insisting on being spread, like a magnificent plague.

To follow Faith’s work online: https://www.instagram.com/p/CFiKl2nF2Qf/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link