Logan Farro
Emerging
Visual Arts: Painting
Farmington
"“Art is endless exploration. Whether it is my own emotions, or my experiences … my contemplation [is]seen on the bristle end of a paintbrush.”"
Work Samples
About the Artist
Written by Gail Obenreder
As a child, painter Logan Farro was never seen without a pencil, paint, or marker in his hand “and ultimately, on paper, the walls, or the floor.” The self-taught artist has been a creative all of his life, exploring his practice and honing his skills “through many hours of internet deep-dives and trial and error.”
The Delaware native has lived in the First State all his life. He grew up in Georgetown, spent the majority of his life in Sussex County, and now lives in Farmington (Kent County). Farro graduated from Dover’s Delaware Technical Community College in 2024 with a degree in Visual Communications, and as a youngster, his favorite classes in school were art and music. He was a high school junior when the COVID-19 lockdown began, and so suddenly his education and all his after-school activities were put on hold.
Rather than bemoan the situation, he decided to really hone his skills, and Farro dedicated “countless hours” to watching online videos and filling his sketchbooks to learn all he could about artmaking. By the pandemic’s end, he found that he was “consistently making artwork and was filled with the passion to learn and create as much as I could.”
For Farro, translating his feelings into “something visual, something physical” has become extremely important. He’s used the work submitted to the Division (a stained-glass-like exploration of the seven deadly sins) to creatively explore his relationship with faith. His paintings have been seen in fourteen state-wide group exhibitions, and he also works as a graphic designer. Recently, Farro has added photography and videography to his expanding practice.
A childhood field trip to the National Gallery in Washington D.C. left him “enthralled,” something that “stuck with me for years to come.” Today, Farro’s inspirations are often from the people in his daily life in whom he takes joy – family, siblings, friends, and other artists – and “I can’t help but cheer them on.” A private person, he finds his greatest challenges are “more internal than external.” Making art “forces me to really sit with myself,” working through whatever he is feeling or confronting and exploring “at my own speed and comfort.”
Farro’s practice consistently connects him to people and the world around him. He’s been commissioned to make portraits of pets that are gone and of special anniversaries or meaningful items, and “seeing my art connect to others … hearing [their] stories or memories … is really special to me.”
Since Farro was “never one to enjoy sports,” from early on his creative activities included music, and he still loves to see how art and music interact and influence one another, now and in history. His recent interest in photography has also worked to change his perspective, and understanding composition and lighting in that medium has “impacted my own art for the better.”
Farro is grateful to “my loved ones and my community” for encouraging him in his practice, and he finds the Division’s Fellowship “amazing … a validation of my skills and all of the time and effort I have put into my work.” He plans to use the award to experiment with new mediums, adding oils and watercolors to the acrylics with which he’s been painting, and learn new techniques, acquiring “the resources I need to continue to explore and understand art.”