Lucia Colella's Art Collection

Lucia paints but prefers to draw because it is an immediate and raw response. Which can create some beautiful markmaking. She draws intuitively and doesn't question herself. She doesn't   prepare more than cutting a piece of paper and opening up her box of pastels.

She finds an image she am attracted to. She finds a song to go with it. She puts on her headphones. With the tune on repeat she lets serendipity take hold with gesture and intuition. As she works, the music breaks down inhibitions. It all comes together when the logic meets her own thoughts, memories, feelings and internal dialogue.
"So the music I listen to as I draw is a tool to let the heart lead and have it's say and to stop the minds control ... this method keeps the mind distracted and quiet, and the drawing raw and immediate. I find my trust in what the heart has to say is rewarded with accurate logic in the form, feeling of line, colour, tone, energy, mood, movement, composition, and emotional content."

Lucia has a BA joint hons in Fine Art and history of art and design from De Monfort University Leicester. She also did a foundation course in Art at North Oxfordshire College & school of art ( now Active Learning). Her academic journey in art began at Chelsea School of Art BTec in Visual Art and history of art and design. She has a background in theatre design. She has created scenic backdrops and props for various theatres including: The Jermyn Street theatre. for Carmen (a production on Carmen Miranda). She has also painted costumes for Cats, Riverdance, and Beauty & the Beast.

She is an artist in residence at ArtFix London. Here she learned of and became involved in art4refugees.


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