Lucy Marks AROI ARWS
Members >
Lucy Marks grew up in and around Brighton and lives in Worthing, where she devotes most of her practice to capturing the Sussex 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 Watercolour Society, Member of the Chelsea Art Society, and Member of the Society of Women Artists. Lucy has exhibited at the Royal Institute of Oil Painters Annual Exhibition, the Royal Society of Marine Artists, the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour, the Royal Watercolour Society, 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).
Society Memberships
- Associate Member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters
- Associate Member of the Royal Watercolour Society
- Member of the Chelsea Art Society
- Member of the Society of Women Artists
Notable Group Exhibitions
- Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Mall Galleries, 2008, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
- Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, 2022, 2023
- Royal Watercolour Society, Bankside Gallery, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
- Chelsea Art Society, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
- Society of Women Artists, Mall Galleries, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
- ING Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021
- Sunday Times Watercolour Exhibition, 2019
- The International Watercolour Masters, ‘Rising Star Top 100’, 2019, 2021, 2023
Past Solo Exhibitions
- “Observation and Light”, Online Exclusive – March 2023
- “Constable’s Walks”, Royal Watercolour Society, Whitcomb Street, London, 2022
- “Dawn to Dusk”, Petworth House, National Trust, 2021
- “Land, Sea and Sky”, Piers Feetham Gallery, 2019
