Upstate artist Logan Foster, aka Divinity, welcomes those viewing her oil and acrylics works and poems into her daydreams to help them recapture feelings from childhood in her upcoming exhibition “Daydreamin’: Love Is Blue,” set for June 4 through 29 in Gallery III of the Artists Collective | Spartanburg.
An artist’s reception will be held Thursday, June 20, as part of Spartanburg ArtWalk.
“This exhibition in particular is a meditation on my daydreams,” Foster explains. “The color blue is usually seen in my work. Blue, for me, represents the essence of love and pain, being met with both in my life. I use acrylic and oil paints to form Black/indigenous beings so that we can be seen in our full glory.
“Each painting tells a story, all special and true in my heart,” continues Foster, who has been an artist for just three years and a member of the Artists Collective since 2021. “Each piece is a gateway. I am welcoming the viewer into my mind, into my daydreams. My intention is that the viewer will be able to take a step back and remember what it felt like to have a childlike nature. I believe that we can access our dreams at any time. Being that I am a Pisces, I gravitate toward the unseen. My intention is to make those spaces visible.”
Foster, a self-taught artist based in Spartanburg, combines poetry and painting together to guide the viewer through an experience of black culture. She says she works “to improve the representation of Black and indigenous peoples in American art. “I believe art is able to shift the conscious collective in a positive direction,” she says.
She wants her works to “ignite a conversation. I also hope that the viewer feels some sense of humanity and playfulness throughout the show. One can expect to see a lot of blue in the exhibit, and I hope the viewer can see themselves in the work in some way. I hope that people are able to leave with a feeling of gratitude and an appreciation for dreaming.”
The 15 works in the exhibition will be available for purchase, with prices starting at $50.
“I am grateful to be exhibiting at ACS,” Foster says. “I’m thankful for the support of my community. ACS has been a huge part of the development of my career as an artist. I have been able to receive so much support through the Collective.”