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Lucia of Syracuse

Project type

portrait

Date

January 2025

This oil painting of Saint Lucia, Martyr was conceived as a dialogue between tradition and personal interpretation. My intention was to honor the visual language of the early Renaissance portrait, while allowing space for a contemporary, surreal disruption that speaks to symbolism, sacrifice, and spiritual vision.

This surreal gesture breaks the expected narrative space of the painting. The eyes are no longer bound to anatomy or gravity; they exist as offerings, delicate and symbolic, bridging the sacred and the imaginative.

Throughout the process, I remained conscious of keeping the figure anchored in tradition—her posture, expression, and clothing all reference historical iconography associated with Saint Lucia.

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