By
Chick Byrne
Piece description from the artist
The legend of Saint Lucy says that she was a wealthy woman who pledged her virginity to god in the second century ACE; a time when Christians were persecuted. When she began giving her dowry to the poor, her betrothed insisted she either be tortured by removing her eyes and killed for being a Christian, or that she be forced into prostitution. Lucy then gouged out her own eyes in order to prevent this. When the mob came to take her away, they could not move her from where she stood, nor could they burn her. She was eventually killed by a sword to the throat. When her body was being prepared for burial, it was found that her eyes had been restored.
Chick is a graduate of Denison University class of 2009. There he received a BFA in studio art and has since maintained a successful and growing studio practice. His work has been seen in several art journals and Interior Design Magazine. In 2015 he was invited to participate in a group show at Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art. His work is in private collections around the world.
He works intuitively; easily moving from one medium to another allowing his instinct to guide his choice in color and inform the qualities of his line. His belief in the infinite complexities of the mind and body connection inspires the imagery which is an amalgamation of art theories. The work is figurative in its foundation with an expressionistic approach to application and a surreal vision of the self. The figures see themselves from the point of view that is at once infinitly small and large; the mind and soul exist within and around the body. The viewer is invited, by the bright colors and playful composition, to experience their own concrete experience through his abstract lens.
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