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Using glaze, lacquer, resin, and mosaic techniques, Lucani reveals the narrative hidden underneath the photographic moment. Lucani’s most well-known series, ICONS, is made from compositions of hundred of images relating to his subjects, revealing an entire narrative within one single art work. He now works out of an oversized Barn in the Hamptons where he holds celebrity acclaim and world renown representation. By capturing the portrait of his subjects with layers of related and biographical images, Lucani is able to explore both the past and the present in each work, representing the soul of his subjects by exploring the subjective entirety of their lives.

Using glaze, lacquer, resin, and mosaic techniques, Lucani reveals the narrative hidden underneath the photographic moment. Lucani’s most well-known series, ICONS, is made from compositions of hundred of images relating to his subjects, revealing an entire narrative within one single art work. He now works out of an oversized Barn in the Hamptons where he holds celebrity acclaim and world renown representation. By capturing the portrait of his subjects with layers of related and biographical images, Lucani is able to explore both the past and the present in each work, representing the soul of his subjects by exploring the subjective entirety of their lives.

Using glaze, lacquer, resin, and mosaic techniques, Lucani reveals the narrative hidden underneath the photographic moment. Lucani’s most well-known series, ICONS, is made from compositions of hundred of images relating to his subjects, revealing an entire narrative within one single art work. He now works out of an oversized Barn in the Hamptons where he holds celebrity acclaim and world renown representation. By capturing the portrait of his subjects with layers of related and biographical images, Lucani is able to explore both the past and the present in each work, representing the soul of his subjects by exploring the subjective entirety of their lives.

EXPRESSIVE GODDESS FIGURATIVE

In the American Family Series, recycled cardboard is featured as a means to refashion interiors habited by glamorous figures dressed in recycled materials in snapshots of family “momentums” that depict domestic life while simultaneously giving tribute to fashion editorial. Trash is depicted in an elegant manner. In this my second body of work, I go deeper into American culture, with the American Family as the center for a dialogue focusing on heritage through architecture, culture, and ethnicity; Contemporary families amid contemporary environments. I feel it is important to create full-scale replicas of the scenes used in this body of work as it enables the viewers to become immersed in these transient scenes.

The artist believes in the experimentation of color, design and texture through oil paints on canvas to make the subject abstract. The hide and seek of layering; the push and pull of values, color and contrast in rhythmic action is to create harmony and balance. The lost and found shapes, edges and textures are to create playful experience of melting pot of heart's emotional state in an environment.

Ron Scharfe’s abstract modern art inspirations are in the interplay of color and form, and the beauty and movement emerging from their interplay.

I am inspired by exploring. When you explore, the unexpected happens: color upon color; form upon form…movement creating shapes, which are suddenly rearranged into some other order. Mimicking impermanence, revealing and yet disguising what lies beneath.”

Book pages, printed papers, found objects form figure, raised texture background, acrylic paint “I relish the combination of contemporary design with the unexpected utilization of found, recycled, and/or repurposed materials. In my collages I use a combination of found materials (e.g., book pages, wrapping paper, fragments of antique hardware, etc.) and acrylic paints to create mixed media works on wood panels. Textured backgrounds are created using joint compound and stencils or by gluing die cut letters and numbers. Backgrounds are then painted with acrylic paint then layered with papers to create the subjects. Acrylic glazes are added to lightly shade and give dimension to the subjects. Letters and numbers are often incorporated into my art, as a graphic element or to convey a thought or theme. When we are exposed to letters and numbers we are conditioned to make sense of them and figure out, "what does it mean?" "what does it say?" The goal with these works is to strip away the inherent meaning of specific letters and numbers and use them as objects to build the composition of the piece. When people interact with them, I want to engage both the left brain (where logic resides) and the right brain (where creativity resides) in hopes that they are free to experience the elements in a new way - to create something totally unique.” - Kerri Warner