Portland-based artist, musician, and designer Lucas Schwartz collates and distills techniques of wood carving, oil painting, architecture, graphic design, industrial design, and precision machining into one astoundingly linear and diverse channel of form and expression. In 2025 he was awarded Best in Show at 5 Pacific NW Art festivals.
"I create in strata- ultramodern materials, rich handmade pigments, time, iteration, evolution- seeking the place where form becomes feeling. My works endure stoically the realm of the technical and mechanical, emerging as something deeply human: a surface that breathes, curves that remember the hand, a silence that sings. I'm drawn to the kind of beauty that feels both ancient and profoundly modern. Something that shapes the atmosphere and stirs a deeper memory. My works are not visual, but spatial, temporal, and emotional. Whether I'm designing a large-scale installation or a hand sized object, I strive to create environments that are full of subtle magic: light, and shadow, demanding a deeper examination. |
Media: Painting | Sculpture | Wood
Studio Number: 13
Address: 8238 N. Denver Ave Portland OR 97217
Community: N Portland
Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible
Email: oceanalarsen@gmail.com
Website: bureaudebureau.com
Instagram: @bureaudebureau
