{"id":48791,"date":"2020-01-09T16:06:13","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T22:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/?p=48791"},"modified":"2020-01-14T12:30:07","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T18:30:07","slug":"more-animal-portraits-and-human-foibles-for-lucia-heffernan-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/more-animal-portraits-and-human-foibles-for-lucia-heffernan-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"More Animal Portraits and Human Foibles for Lucia Heffernan this Year"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>She calls herself a “graphic designer by trade and an oil painter by design.” Lucia Heffernan, a Taiwan native who graduated from Binghamton University in Fine Arts and Design, created an award-winning creative design agency before moving to Utah in 2000 to concentrate on painting. She experiments with different styles of contemporary realism, exploring her personal sensibilities and techniques.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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The constant is her love and respect for animals. “I seek to give animals a voice and a personality, while making light of our uniquely human existence,” she says. Her anthropomorphized creatures are intricately rendered in situations that range from the mundane to the monumental: a domestic tabby cat portrays itself in a self-portrait as a tiger, in one work; in another, a mature cardinal uses a blackboard to explain to a trio of chicks how to avoid flying into a window; and in a third, a T-Rex takes a selfie while a giant meteor streaks across the sky in the background. “I stage tableaus that shine a spotlight on both their innocence and raw instinct. This collision between animal and human sensibilities creates a whimsical, theatrical, and often humorous world that viewers can relate to on an emotional level.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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In 2019, Heffernan won two gallery awards at the 14th-annual Art Renewal Center (ARC) Salon in New York City. The first of her awarded shows was in October at Haynes Galleries in Nashville. The second, at Rehs Contemporary<\/a> in New York, is a bird-themed exhibit that opens May 8th.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Right now on her easle is a just-finished chicken for the New York show. “I typically draw my ideas as sketches; if it works, then I go out to look for models,” she says of her process. “Sometimes I take my own photos, sometimes I use stock images online.\u00a0 Each painting is made up from 30 to 100 images. I combine them up in Photoshop; then it becomes my reference photo that I use to draw on canvas.”<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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“Spiritual Chicks,” 12″ x 16″<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Locals will have plenty of opportunities to see Heffernan’s work in Utah: at Alpine Art’s<\/a> 20\/20 show, Feb. 21 – Mar. 19; the Art & Soup Celebration<\/a> March 26 & 27; and at a two-person exhibit at Salt Lake City’s 15th Street Gallery<\/a> opening August 14.<\/div>\n
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You can also see her work at Copro Gallery’s space at the Los Angeles Convention Center Feb. 5-9. And online at:<\/div>\n
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www.LuciaHeffernan.com<\/a>
<\/u>facebook.com\/LuciaHeffernanArtist\/<\/a>
Instagram.com\/luciaheffernan<\/u><\/p>\n

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