My subject matter is nature and homes, people in places, and personal documentation of poignant experiences and memories. My work can feel hard-won. It has an undercurrent of the weathering of the soul that life can put upon us. The introduction to our mortality as we age. It is the human condition delivered through sunsets or twilight—chairs at an estate sale for a newly departed neighbor whose number came up too soon.
Our collective experience is at the forefront of what I paint. It’s a depiction of our time here on this planet; an accounting of the incidents in between the moments we mark as significant. Where we pause to ruminate.
There is a catharsis in my work. It can address the mental toxicity we inherit in our lives. It is painted with an overall sensitivity that can sometimes help us purge the bane that our circumstances and situations put upon us. The cards we are dealt. Our lot in life. It’s an exercise in healing—the breaking up of scar tissue in order to move forward.
Lucas Moran is an American artist. Born in 1973. Raised in Brooklyn NY. Moran is self-taught and has held a painting practice for over 25 years. He lives between Brooklyn and Upstate New York.