My first exposure to heavenly deities were Greek gods and goddesses. Seeing the beautiful robe drapes spiral around their body, hair twisted and draping their neck, like a grand pillar. With this vision in mind, I take inspiration from traditional Chinese colours worn around Ming dynasty.
'Heavenly Bodies' is a series of acrylic paintings on wood, adorned by gold flake details which illuminate when you walk by. Inviting viewers to look closer with gold details, the brush strokes and colour variations seen in closely will beckon a desire to find out more about her.
In response to a lack of diversity of Asian women in art, and the lack of Asian women artists who depict them, Luvieur invited Asian women of various cultural heritage in Australia to pose for her to photograph. The analogue film photos were used as reference for the paintings in the series.