Untitled by Latoya Lovely
Latoya Lovely is a self-taught artist, dance instructor, and she works in Special Education. Lovely has known since she was a child that she wanted to color for the rest of her life. She has painted several murals around Portland, including at CoHo Productions Theatre, Portland Center Stage at The Armory, among others. In addition, her work is part of the Portland State University Art Collection and the city's Portable Works Collection through RACC. Lovely creates art so that her son and her community can see their beautiful Brown faces and hear their rich, powerful voices in a world filled with images that reflect nothing of them.
Lovely’s piece goes back to communities going to the land and growing food for their families. We struggle to take care of ourselves, and our families dietary needs. So much of the food produced is done so out of greed for money, bio-engineered, and full of chemicals. Or priced so high for the high-quality items that many can't even afford it. We should all be able to eat well, it is a basic human right. No one should go hungry. Her piece is a living garden.
(IG: @llovely01)
Print: 11 x 14
Original: 18 x 24 acrylic and gouache on canvas
Latoya Lovely is a self-taught artist, dance instructor, and she works in Special Education. Lovely has known since she was a child that she wanted to color for the rest of her life. She has painted several murals around Portland, including at CoHo Productions Theatre, Portland Center Stage at The Armory, among others. In addition, her work is part of the Portland State University Art Collection and the city's Portable Works Collection through RACC. Lovely creates art so that her son and her community can see their beautiful Brown faces and hear their rich, powerful voices in a world filled with images that reflect nothing of them.
Lovely’s piece goes back to communities going to the land and growing food for their families. We struggle to take care of ourselves, and our families dietary needs. So much of the food produced is done so out of greed for money, bio-engineered, and full of chemicals. Or priced so high for the high-quality items that many can't even afford it. We should all be able to eat well, it is a basic human right. No one should go hungry. Her piece is a living garden.
(IG: @llovely01)
Print: 11 x 14
Original: 18 x 24 acrylic and gouache on canvas
Latoya Lovely is a self-taught artist, dance instructor, and she works in Special Education. Lovely has known since she was a child that she wanted to color for the rest of her life. She has painted several murals around Portland, including at CoHo Productions Theatre, Portland Center Stage at The Armory, among others. In addition, her work is part of the Portland State University Art Collection and the city's Portable Works Collection through RACC. Lovely creates art so that her son and her community can see their beautiful Brown faces and hear their rich, powerful voices in a world filled with images that reflect nothing of them.
Lovely’s piece goes back to communities going to the land and growing food for their families. We struggle to take care of ourselves, and our families dietary needs. So much of the food produced is done so out of greed for money, bio-engineered, and full of chemicals. Or priced so high for the high-quality items that many can't even afford it. We should all be able to eat well, it is a basic human right. No one should go hungry. Her piece is a living garden.
(IG: @llovely01)
Print: 11 x 14
Original: 18 x 24 acrylic and gouache on canvas