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Lacey's art was showcased at Gardner
Community Center in February 2008. She is also one half of the duo
artist team the Flying Artistas
and is showcasing at South First Billiards July-August 2008.
By: Leon Morimoto
Lacey Bryant loves art. The evidence is seen
in her work as a visual artist. Ms. Bryant works as a part-time
graphic artist, here in the valley, and freelances as a muralist
and scenic painter. She spent her youth painting, drawing, sculpting,
acting, singing, dancing, and climbing trees in Milpitas, Ca. After
many years of experimenting in varying modes of expression, Lacey
discovered painting to be her method of choice.
Oil pastel and oil paint are frequent in Lacey’s
work, along with vibrant color and bold strokes, which have become
her signatures. Lacey’s fondness for the human figure and
expressive portraiture is apparent. She often uses her friends as
subjects, recalling their mannerisms from memory, and utilizes several
photos as references for dynamic poses. These works are intimately
detailed, and full of humor and other joyous emotions that would
make one smile when thinking of pals. Lacey has the precious ability
to illustrate a genuine sense of what recess meant to many of us
in elementary school. It is a gift like none other.
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Lacey’s latest series of paintings entitled
“Share Love”, was originally conceived as small trading
cards with the specific intent of sharing love in the form of
free art. The card printings have been distributed by Lacey and
her accomplices at various public spaces, with hope that the recipient
might pay the gesture forward throughout their day, resulting
in more acts of caring and goodwill. The work is a departure from
the urban seriousness of being too cool for school, and is refreshingly
welcoming and willing to hug any viewer in sight. The common element
in most of the series is the heart shape, a simply accessible
symbol that represents words, thoughts and actions of love. The
use of hearts can be interpreted in many ways, but is mainly shaped
as the idea of what it is most easily recognized as. Lacey’s
work is a colorfully bright, upbeat, humorous and lighthearted
achievement that will definitely prompt dialogue to get viewers
thinking, feeling, and having fun.
To check out more of Lacey's work, you can
visit her website at: www.laceybryantartist.com.
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