Biography
The artistic expression has been a constant presence in the life of Lucille, Mexican artist born in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon. From early childhood she demonstrated a definite leaning toward the world of the images, with her parents support, she lived a childhood in a mixture of play, study, drawing and painting. She started her education in arts in 1969, she enrolled in the School of Visual Arts. From then on, she has participated in numerous exhibitions, both individually and collectively. Her works have been sold to collectors from Mexico, U.S., Germany, Sweden, England, Norway, Canada, France and Colombia.
Lucille puts within our grasp her inner world, drawing us in with her pictorial strength in an atmosphere of temptation, conflict, seduction, mysticism and vulnerability, to a timeless place where the shrieks of the souls dwell. Her work lives and talks the universal language of the melancholy, it is as full with life as the spectator’s feelings.
As you cannot ignore a person which on a street bushes against you, you cannot ignore this work which puts you in contact with the elemental experiences of life to the point to make you shudder. This identification with the work of Lucille takes us to unconscious corners, it reflects a feeling of loneliness and solitude that belongs more to an emotional state than to the physical world. When you contemplate the paintings, you cannot help but thinks of life itself trying to break the barrier of silence to establish communication with you.
In her most recent work, it is appreciated the usage of visual and tactile effects which evoke altered states of heightened sensibility of the basic experiences, both happy and sad, of love.
Her technique shows a masterful handling of color, both in wood and canvas, with daring combinations of textures and figures, which forms an amalgam in which the canvas and the figure melt into an exquisite oneness.
Education
- Visual Arts School, University of Nuevo Leon 1980-1985
- University of Monterrey 1994.
- Arte A.C. Institute 1993
- In 1969 Lucille started her Art education and she has attended to classes and lectures on oil painting, design, etching, drawing and sculpture with Jose Luis Cuevas, Saskia Juarez, Xosse de Sade and other famous artists