Lucy Marks ROI RWS
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Lucy Marks grew up in and around Brighton. She has worked for over 20 years as a professional painter. Her practice focuses on capturing landscapes and seascapes in Oil, Watercolour and Gouache.
Lucy is an observational landscape painter, who works en plein air 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 (Painting) from Brighton University, is a full Member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters. She is a full Member of the Royal Watercolour Society, the Chelsea Art Society, and the Society of Women Artists.
Lucy participates in exhibitions organized by the Societies of which she is a member. She has also shown with the Pastel Society, the Royal Society of Marine Artists, the ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, and the Sunday Times Watercolour Competition to name but a few. Lucy 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
- 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 to present
- Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, 2022, 2023
- Royal Watercolour Society, Bankside Gallery, 2019 to present
- Chelsea Art Society, 2016 to present
- Society of Women Artists, Mall Galleries, 2017 to present
- ING Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2024
- Sunday Times Watercolour Exhibition, 2019
- The International Watercolour Masters, ‘Rising Star Top 100’, 2019, 2021, 2023
Past Solo Exhibitions
- “Times of the Day”, Royal Watercolour Society, Whitcomb Street, London, 2024
- “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
