Artist Bio: I am Lucy Loo Wales and I was a former student at SUNY Broome for Visual Communication, then I transferred to RIT to get my BFA in Medical Illustration. I know do freelance work in graphic design and branding, illustration, and medical illustration.
Name of Artwork: Fetus and Abstract Placenta
Medium: Painting
Artist Statement: This is a 36″x36″ acrylic painting on canvas. This is a 2 month old fetus with an abstract placenta.
Name of Artwork: Wales High School Book Cover
Medium: Painting
Artist Statement: This is an 14″x11″ acrylic painting I did for the book cover of “Wales High School,” by J. Peters. This features a lemon cake with cigarette candles and anti-depressant pills, Lexapro.
Name of Artwork: Birdie in my Heart
Medium: Mixed Media Piece
Artist Statement: This was inspired by the song “Birdhouse in my Soul,” by They Might Be Giants. The original was dip pen and India ink, the it was colorized digitally in Adobe Photoshop. There is a blue bird in the Right Atrium in the human heart.