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A Catholic lofi music side-project.

Early in 2025 the Vatican released an anime mascot for their Jubilee events named "Luce". Styled as a pilgrim Catholic and recognizable by her bright yellow rain jacket and green boots, the figure gained instant reception among young Catholics, but I wasn't quite as enthusiastic about the whole event. While I love organic artistic sub-culture, I felt the commission and release of this figure felt inauthentic and disconnected from the ever-ancient ever-new Catholic faith. However, I could see the merits of using art to reach young Catholics. as long as it is rooted in truth, goodness and beauty. I decided to create my own stylized illustration of the figure, and introduced a companion and fellow traveller into the work - Saint Raphael. The illustration was titled "Saint Raphael Guides Luce Through the Dark Wood". This was my attempt to tie the figure to the pilgrim/traveling storyline, but do it in a way that was connected to to the mystical and transcendent realities of our Faith.

Saint Raphael guides Luce through a Dark Wood by BARITUS Catholic Illustration

This work was one of my most popular pieces of art ever on social media, but I didn't really have an idea of how to use the work for anything more than fan art. Then a new idea clicked. I've been writing music for about as long as I've been drawing, and it's generally my go-to creative outlet when I need to shift gears from drawing and take a break. I find the two practices lend themselves to periods of re-charging the creative batteries. I decided to use Luce as the face of this music project that I called "LoFi Luce Radio". These songs are produced with a mix of genres, inspired by the types of music I've always loved, electronic lounge, chill out, ambient, even oldies, all with a lofi treatment and often times with Catholic samples from old movies, archives and especially Mother Angelica! Luce has become the figure I use to paint a picture of the vibe of each track for the song covers. You can follow @lofiluceradio on Instagram, or stream the tracks on any of the major music streaming platforms. Spotify also has a playlist titled "The Narrow Path" where you can listen to all of the Lofi Luce Tracks in one place!

Lofi Luce Radio Cover for the song "The Gift"
Lofi Luce Radio Cover for the song "Going Home"
Side Street Mural by BARITUS Catholic Illustration
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