{"id":2301,"date":"2025-04-11T17:42:57","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T17:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/?page_id=2301"},"modified":"2025-05-19T02:02:53","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T02:02:53","slug":"lucas-benitez","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/esp\/lucas-benitez\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucas Ben\u00edtez"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2301\" class=\"elementor elementor-2301\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f05c01e e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f05c01e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d9463a elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9d9463a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Lucas Benitez<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ba093b elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"3ba093b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation_mobile&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2301 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" 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650w, https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Lucas-Benitez_Collage1-Lucas-Benitez-1300x1300.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LucasBenitez_Painting2-Lucas-Benitez-e1744399176407-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LucasBenitez_Painting2-Lucas-Benitez-e1744399176407-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LucasBenitez_Painting2-Lucas-Benitez-e1744399176407-650x650.png 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43e015d e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"43e015d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-acd54d0 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"acd54d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1366\" height=\"508\" src=\"https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/website-background-28.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2346\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/website-background-28.png 1366w, https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/website-background-28-300x112.png 300w, https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/website-background-28-1024x381.png 1024w, https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/website-background-28-768x286.png 768w, https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/website-background-28-18x7.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de73d41 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"de73d41\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2b7065 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d2b7065\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59e0d74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"59e0d74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"528\" src=\"https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Espirtu-Del-Recuerdo-1-1024x528.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2308\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Espirtu-Del-Recuerdo-1-1024x528.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Espirtu-Del-Recuerdo-1-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Espirtu-Del-Recuerdo-1-768x396.jpg 768w, https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Espirtu-Del-Recuerdo-1-1536x791.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Espirtu-Del-Recuerdo-1-2048x1055.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Espirtu-Del-Recuerdo-1-18x9.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03c1edc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"03c1edc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">ESP\u00edRITU DEL RECUERDO<\/span><\/p><p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">The theme of this work is colonization\/destroying colonization. I&#8217;m mainly focused on Central American (Mexico to Colombia) colonization and the invisibility of indigenous people. I aim to break down and inform myself on my understanding of colonization while \u201cvandalizing\u201d images of colonizers. I&#8217;ve always been interested in exploring my identity through my work, and this is specifically about my Hispanic-American heritage.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Collage, Assemblage, Oil, Acrylic on Wood, 2024<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a84e0a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8a84e0a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4a7cfe e-con-full e-grid elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c4a7cfe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc49c6b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fc49c6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"762\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/trapped-beauty-762x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2343\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/trapped-beauty-762x1024.jpg 762w, https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/trapped-beauty-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/trapped-beauty-768x1032.jpg 768w, https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/trapped-beauty-1143x1536.jpg 1143w, https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/trapped-beauty-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/trapped-beauty.jpg 1524w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 762px) 100vw, 762px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2563b33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2563b33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">ARMENIA<\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Oil on canvas, 2024<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef388f3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ef388f3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c89cf50 e-con-full e-grid elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c89cf50\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b04ef40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b04ef40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1004\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Lucas-Benitez_Collage1-Lucas-Benitez-1004x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2579\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Lucas-Benitez_Collage1-Lucas-Benitez-1004x1024.jpg 1004w, https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Lucas-Benitez_Collage1-Lucas-Benitez-294x300.jpg 294w, https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Lucas-Benitez_Collage1-Lucas-Benitez-768x783.jpg 768w, https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Lucas-Benitez_Collage1-Lucas-Benitez-1507x1536.jpg 1507w, https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Lucas-Benitez_Collage1-Lucas-Benitez-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Lucas-Benitez_Collage1-Lucas-Benitez.jpg 1801w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1004px) 100vw, 1004px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e960bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e960bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">DAYDREAMER&#8217;S WEAVE<\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">After moving to Savannah, GA I was able to witness the beautiful empty blue skies that fill so much of the landscape as it&#8217;s so flat and the architecture isn&#8217;t tall. This weaving is of all the beautiful skies that I&#8217;ve been able to witness. Savannah is filled with churches that have high peaks with crosses, the dove in this work soars high like the peaks of churches in the sky<\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Collage on Paper, 2023<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-412e7cc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"412e7cc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13a9dd4 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"13a9dd4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3473c64 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3473c64\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"251\" src=\"https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LucasBenitez_Painting1-Lucas-Benitez-scaled-e1744396084690-1024x251.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2305\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LucasBenitez_Painting1-Lucas-Benitez-scaled-e1744396084690-1024x251.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LucasBenitez_Painting1-Lucas-Benitez-scaled-e1744396084690-300x73.jpg 300w, https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LucasBenitez_Painting1-Lucas-Benitez-scaled-e1744396084690-768x188.jpg 768w, https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LucasBenitez_Painting1-Lucas-Benitez-scaled-e1744396084690-1536x376.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LucasBenitez_Painting1-Lucas-Benitez-scaled-e1744396084690-2048x502.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LucasBenitez_Painting1-Lucas-Benitez-scaled-e1744396084690-18x4.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe6fc09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fe6fc09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">MARY MANTEL<\/span><\/p><p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">When I was a kid, lace mantels were always consistent in my visits to Colombia, decorating the homes of my great-grandma, grandma, and aunts. This piece is about self-acceptance and connection to my Hispanic background which was fueled by religion and its many motifs.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Fabric paint on found Mantel, 2023<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-624ff7c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"624ff7c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b292ba e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9b292ba\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4098a0f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4098a0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LucasBenitez_Collage3-Lucas-Benitez-1-1024x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2319\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LucasBenitez_Collage3-Lucas-Benitez-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LucasBenitez_Collage3-Lucas-Benitez-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LucasBenitez_Collage3-Lucas-Benitez-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LucasBenitez_Collage3-Lucas-Benitez-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LucasBenitez_Collage3-Lucas-Benitez-1-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LucasBenitez_Collage3-Lucas-Benitez-1-2048x2048.png 2048w, https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LucasBenitez_Collage3-Lucas-Benitez-1-12x12.png 12w, https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LucasBenitez_Collage3-Lucas-Benitez-1-650x650.png 650w, https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LucasBenitez_Collage3-Lucas-Benitez-1-1300x1300.png 1300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4aa5923 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4aa5923\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">APPLE AND EVE<\/span><\/p><p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">This piece is the beginning of my light figure paintings, and it explores the theme of gluttony. It&#8217;s meant to tell the story of the relationship between The Apple and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Adam\/The Apple and Eve have been portrayed in many ways for centuries, so this was my contemporary take on biblical writings and paintings.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Mixed Media on Wood, 2023<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee6c70c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ee6c70c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de89b50 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"de89b50\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5893119 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5893119\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0424-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2342\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0424-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0424-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0424-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0424-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0424-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0424-16x12.jpg 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5d2212 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f5d2212\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">ROOTED #1<\/span><\/p><p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Flashe, Acrylic on Canvas, 2025<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cd2a05 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7cd2a05\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27e78fd e-con-full e-grid elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"27e78fd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b47b7cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b47b7cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"562\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LucasBenitez_Painting2-Lucas-Benitez-1-562x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2320\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LucasBenitez_Painting2-Lucas-Benitez-1-562x1024.png 562w, https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LucasBenitez_Painting2-Lucas-Benitez-1-165x300.png 165w, https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LucasBenitez_Painting2-Lucas-Benitez-1-768x1399.png 768w, https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LucasBenitez_Painting2-Lucas-Benitez-1-843x1536.png 843w, https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LucasBenitez_Painting2-Lucas-Benitez-1-1124x2048.png 1124w, https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LucasBenitez_Painting2-Lucas-Benitez-1-7x12.png 7w, https:\/\/herenortherepub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/LucasBenitez_Painting2-Lucas-Benitez-1.png 1660w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ae9288 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9ae9288\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">EYE IN THE SKY<\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">To me, this image captures a perfect memory. It&#8217;s from a video I took of my dad picking me up at the end of my first year of college. This view is from my 14th floor dorm which held mostly bad memories. But an instant glimpse of my dad made those problems melt away. I always viewed this painting as if he was coming out of this never-ending forest to \u201crescue\u201d me.<\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Oil on Wood, 2023<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9473ba2 e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9473ba2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4fde0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c4fde0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">THE ARTIST<\/span><\/p><p>Lucas Benitez grew up in Norwalk, CT, and has had a desire for art since childhood. He takes inspiration from his personal life, upbringing, and the outdoors. 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I&#8217;m mainly focused on Central American (Mexico to Colombia) colonization and the invisibility of indigenous people. I aim to break down and inform myself on my understanding of colonization while \u201cvandalizing\u201d images of colonizers. 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