ELECTED ARWS 2021
Lucy Marks grew up in and around Brighton and lives on the South Coast of the U.K. where she devotes her practice to capturing the landscape in evocative oil and watercolour paintings.
As an observational landscape painter, Lucy works en plein air in both oil and watercolour working directly from the subject, out in all weathers and seasons. Observation is key and her compositions are drawn from real places. Lucy works alla prima responding directly to the scene to gain a freshness in her work. She works to capture an impression of the mood, atmosphere, and light. In the studio, she uses her en plein air works and field sketches to scale up her paintings to much larger work.
Lucy holds an MA in Fine Art from Brighton University. Memberships include Associate of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Associate of the Royal Watercolour Society, Member of the Chelsea Art Society, and Member of the Society of Women Artists.
Lucy has exhibited at the Royal Watercolour Society, the Royal Society of Marine Artists, the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour, the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, and the ING Discerning Eye. She has undertaken several solo shows.
Lucy has shown and sold large oil paintings at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in both 2022 and 2023. Awards include: ‘Sloane Stanley Medal’ (Chelsea Art Society), British Art Prize Finalist, Humphrey’s Purchase Prize and Drawing Bursary (ING).
