Gabriela Lucero Abbondanza

I'm Gabriela, the artist behind Lucero Press.

Lucero is my middle name, and I've always had a special fondness for it as a result of it being the name my grandmother, Victoria, most often uses for me. 

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Throughout my life art has played an essential role. It has been a source of relief, expression, and catharsis, in a way that has always seemed life saving.

 

My greatest form of inspiration comes from the essence of human emotion, and I strive to capture what that means to me in everything I create, and think about.

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People, and the feeling of life itself is the thing I've constantly awed at... Smiles, tears, laughter, and the way every face holds an infinity of truth has stolen all my attention, and it is my fascination with this, that's pushed me to create and fall in love with various forms of art. 

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With Lucero Press I focus mostly on relief printing as a way to bring my art to others, yet at the core of my heart, writing and drawing have always been my first true loves, followed by my passions for mixed medias such as painting, and collage work. 

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Behind any work I do, I aim to represent my perception of the human experience, which include my emotions, my culture, my faith, and my undying need to understand the complexities of feelings both in myself and in others.