Ryan Lucas
artist statement
We are often judged without saying a word, and we feel the pressures from various struggles and judgments put upon by others and ourselves. By exploring strategies of color and composition, I create an emotionally true image of an individual. Revealing an honest and sometimes jarring portrait of the human psychology. These aren’t figure paintings these are people paintings.
bio
Ryan Lucas is a senior at the University of Missouri –St. Louis, where he is pursuing a BFA in Studio Art. He previously attended East Central College in Union, MO where he received an Associate of Fine Arts in 2017. His work has been exhibited throughout Missouri and St. Louis metropolitan area including Express Scripts Headquarters, ECC Art Gallery, and Art Saint Louis.
*Conceived, and designed, the website’s homepage (Exit Strategy).
Compress, acrylic on canvas, 28.5” x 28.5”, 2019
Beautiful Trash, plastic, image transfer, wood, 10” x 8”, 2020
Fresh Catch, acrylic, image transfer, raw canvas mounted to board,
20” x 16”, 2019
Seen, acrylic, oil stick, charcoal, on canvas, 47.5” x 34.5”, 2019
… , acrylic on board, 20” x 16”, 2020
Smile More, image transfer on raw canvas, 25.5” x 21”, 2020