About
I am drawn to the wilder places of the Southwest such as Exmoor, North Devon and West Penwith alongside the gentler beauty of the Somerset Levels or Dorset’s Marshwood Vale. I like to take my paints outside and work in location to capture a true experience of being within a landscape; how it feels as well as what it looks like. I aim to use an expressive visual language of colour and mark making to create immediacy and a sense of place, which sometimes leans towards abstraction. I work with acrylics, oils and mixed media to create a spontaneous response to the world around me. My practice has developed alongside a career in Art and Design education; I continue to learn through sharing with others how to make art
Lucy graduated from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee with a First Class BA (Hons) in Silversmithing and Jewellery Design, gained an MA with Distinction in 2001 from Birmingham Institute of Art and Design and a PGCE in Art from Exeter University in 2002.
CURRENT and FORTHCOMING EVENTS
Exmoor Lanacre Barn Gallery 30th Nov -8th Dec 2024
The Cornish Gallery Porthleven - work available
Martock Gallery - work available
Otter Gallery, Wimborne - work available
ACEarts - work available
Ilminster Arts Centre July - August 2024
Royal United Hospital, Bath in 2024 14th May - July 21st 2024
Highgate Contemporary Art, Little Picture Show 2024
Evolver Prize 2024 Ace Arts, Somerton
RECENT EXHIBITIONS
Lanacre Barn Gallery, Exmoor
Somerset Open Studios 2023
Transtemporal, Crewkerne Museum 2023
Behind the Scenes, The Brewhouse, Taunton 2023
ACEarts Open 2023
Sherborne Arts Open Prizewinner 2023
Evolver magazine "top 50" ACEArts, Somerton
Prize winner at the Ilminster Meeting House Open 2021
In Pursuit of Spring, Black Swan Gallery, Frome (Somerset Art Works and Little Toller Books)
Apart Together Yeovil Creatives, Quedam Yeovil
Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracey - "MAKE 2020"
Dovecote Gallery, Styrrup, Doncaster
Together We Are Stronger, Yeovil Creatives, Yeovil Art Space
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS with Silversmithing
New Designers, Business Design Centre, Islington, London
Strathern Gallery, Crieff, Scotland
The National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh,
The Platform Gallery, Ribble Valley,
Leeds City Art Gallery,
Vena Bunka Gallery, Bristol,
The Black Swan Guild, Frome,
Craftspace at the Barbican, London,
Somerset Guild of Craftsmen,
Inhorgenta, Munich,
The Brewhouse, Taunton
Sherborne Contemporary Arts
AWARDS silversmithing
William Armstrong Davidson Award, Design School, DJCA, University of Dundee
William Dudley Trust Bursary, Birmingham
British Jeweller's Association Certificate of Merit, BIAD, University of Central England
CURRENT and FORTHCOMING EVENTS
Exmoor Lanacre Barn Gallery 30th Nov -8th Dec 2024
The Cornish Gallery Porthleven - work available
Martock Gallery - work available
Otter Gallery, Wimborne - work available
ACEarts - work available
Ilminster Arts Centre July - August 2024
Royal United Hospital, Bath in 2024 14th May - July 21st 2024
Highgate Contemporary Art, Little Picture Show 2024
Evolver Prize 2024 Ace Arts, Somerton
RECENT EXHIBITIONS
Lanacre Barn Gallery, Exmoor
Somerset Open Studios 2023
Transtemporal, Crewkerne Museum 2023
Behind the Scenes, The Brewhouse, Taunton 2023
ACEarts Open 2023
Sherborne Arts Open Prizewinner 2023
Evolver magazine "top 50" ACEArts, Somerton
Prize winner at the Ilminster Meeting House Open 2021
In Pursuit of Spring, Black Swan Gallery, Frome (Somerset Art Works and Little Toller Books)
Apart Together Yeovil Creatives, Quedam Yeovil
Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Bovey Tracey - "MAKE 2020"
Dovecote Gallery, Styrrup, Doncaster
Together We Are Stronger, Yeovil Creatives, Yeovil Art Space
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS with Silversmithing
New Designers, Business Design Centre, Islington, London
Strathern Gallery, Crieff, Scotland
The National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh,
The Platform Gallery, Ribble Valley,
Leeds City Art Gallery,
Vena Bunka Gallery, Bristol,
The Black Swan Guild, Frome,
Craftspace at the Barbican, London,
Somerset Guild of Craftsmen,
Inhorgenta, Munich,
The Brewhouse, Taunton
Sherborne Contemporary Arts
AWARDS silversmithing
William Armstrong Davidson Award, Design School, DJCA, University of Dundee
William Dudley Trust Bursary, Birmingham
British Jeweller's Association Certificate of Merit, BIAD, University of Central England