Exploring Realism: Lucy Cui on the Divine Beauty in Art

Exploring Realism: Lucy Cui on the Divine Beauty in Art
Lucy Cui Courtesy to Bay Area Innovators
Steve Ispas
Steve Ispas
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“All sorts of different artists, like very traditional artists from history or modern artists nowadays, all have their own sense of beauty to guide [them]. So for me, what is beauty? It’s the divine [that] drives beauty,” said Lucy Cui, an educator and artist with a focus on realism. She says that while the divine drives beauty, beauty drives principles, and principles drive technique.