About Lucie Hinden

I am a native of Argentina, but have lived and worked in Los Angeles for most of my life. I received a B. A. from Pomona College where I majored in French and minored in Art History. I spent my Junior Year Abroad in Paris, where I was thrilled to see in person the artworks I had only seen as reproductions. From then on, I knew that art would play an important role in my life. I went on to receive a Masters degree in Teaching from Yale University.

During my 32 year career as a high school French and Spanish teacher, I incorporated units on art history into the curriculum whenever possible.

After my retirement, I studied for over 12 years with Ilana Bloch in whose studio I met stimulating and like-minded artists. I am a member of Women Painters West, the Los Angeles Art Association, and Collage Artists of America and have exhibited in many shows over the past decades, receiving awards on several occasions.

I work with color intense acrylics, often incorporating paper or fabric collage elements on canvas or wood surfaces. By layering, overlapping and patterning, I strive to create a mood or inner world. I combine graphic and soft edges, representational elements and abstraction, organic and geometric shapes. The tension between the unexpected and the carefully planned is always on my mind as I make art. Repetitive patterns appear, but they are unreliable and veer off into unplanned directions. In the smaller wood panel pieces, I combine a variety of fabric remnants and cut up papers in diverse patterns. Much like puzzles, they eventually fit together into harmonious compositions.

I am open to exploring new techniques as my art evolves, but I suspect that color and pattern will remain central to my work.