LUCY PEVETO: BECOMING STILL; CHASING DREAMS

JUNE 3 - JULY 6, 2020

AnArte Gallery is delighted to present Lucy Peveto’s Becoming Still; Chasing Dreams. The exhibition opens on Wednesday, June 3, and will be on view through July 6, 2020.

Artist Statement

As always my artwork involves the butterfly it’s what I am known for, but I think what is more inspirational for me is the idea of becoming and changing and evolving, and the butterfly represents that so well. You’ll see that on almost everything that I work on. The inspiration for the title of this exhibition came before the pandemic, which is ironic because we were all forced to still and stay calm. That gave me a really good opportunity to focus on how I wanted to meditate into my more abstract pieces, which I call my cocoon pieces because it’s what we do when we rest and reflect and meditate and pray. I was able to still do my floras which I love doing, and I love to show the butterfly bouncing along on the flowers, and although it is still an abstract piece, I feel like it illustrates how we burst for and chase our dreams-things that we’ve been focusing on and meditation. 

About the Artist

Lucy Peveto is an attorney turned artist who seeks to show how lives can be transformed utilizing the butterfly. Butterflies represent her own life experiences: the connection between creativity, emotion, and spirituality. Utilizing mixed mediums, Peveto celebrates the assurance that we can be born again through grace and the beauty of natural transformation. She seeks to show the infinite possibilities gained when we discover our God-given talents. The process involves the construction of wood panels, high heat, and resin chemicals. Many times these elements are juxtaposed with delicate, paper-thin butterfly wings to illustrate the fragility of physical life. In other work, the artist seeks to deconstruct textile-inspired patterns to represent how we may find unexpected light and shadow in life and art. 

Her work has been selected for private collections locally as well as internationally; public collections include the University Health System, University Hospital, UTSA Collection, La Cantera Resort and Spa, and GFR Development Services; and for future publication in the Junior League of San Antonio’s “Fresh Flavors” cookbook. 

Peveto’s work was featured at Art to the Power of Ten, sponsored by the McNay Contemporary Collectors Forum; Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum Red Dot; Southwest School of Art ROYGBIV (catalogue); AnArte Gallery Touch the Sun, Kiss the Sky (solo); Neiman Marcus, Spring Trends (solo) and in many other shows and galleries across Texas, Florida, Arizona and New Mexico. 

She currently resides in San Antonio, Texas with her husband and two children.