Lucid Art is a direction in painting grounded in creativity that grows from talent and from ordinary, natural life experience. Its materials are: talent, experience, paints, binders, and various types of painting supports. Its method is the artistic workshop understood as a way of structuring the creative process rather than a goal in itself. Its tools remain brushes, palette knives, and other painting and drawing instruments.
Lucid Art does not require a new visual language, a declarative “breakthrough,” or emotional exhibitionism. It does not rely on “processing trauma” or dramatizing one’s biography. In this creative stance, experience becomes material rather than subject matter; the workshop becomes method rather than display; and form becomes composition rather than program.
It is characterized by mature simplification, the absence of unnecessary layers, and clarity of intention that does not violate the protected private sphere of the artist. It is a form of creation that does not demand falling to the existential bottom in order for a work of objective value to emerge.
Through this approach, Lucid Art makes it possible to gradually move away from artworks created solely for decorative purposes. Instead, it proposes painting in which the transparency of form reveals genuine talent — and this significantly increases the investment value of such works. The aim of Lucid Art is to produce paintings of objectively higher quality, works that do not slip into mere decorativeness but, held by clarity and honesty of form, open a new art market accessible to a wider audience, not only professional collectors.
The date of origin of the movement is the date of the final formulation of its definition: 23 February 2026. The creator of the movement is Renata Kucharska, MFA
Lucid Art is the result of many years of reflection. The first concept of a new direction in painting (the bokudegras or boku art idea) emerged in 2012 and was addressed to graduates of my course Painting and You — START. That early concept has not been lost, though it requires reconstruction. Whether this will succeed remains to be seen.
Lucid Art — definition
(Lat. ars perspicua, Eng. lucid art, Fr. l’art de la lucidité, Ger. die luzide Kunst) a new direction in painting: creativity rooted in talent, one that does not require a new technical language or a declarative “breakthrough.” It does not rely on confessions, exhibitionism, or “processing trauma.” In Lucid Art, the workshop is a method rather than a goal, experience is material rather than subject matter, and form is composition rather than program.
It is a creative stance that does not demand descending to the existential bottom of one’s life. It is characterized by purity of form, mature simplification, the absence of unnecessary layers, clarity of intention, and respect for the artist’s protected private sphere.