Lucy Kent (b.1984)

Lucy Kent (b.1984)
Morning above the Rooftops
Signed with initials LK (lower right)
Oil on panel
Framed 27 x 40cm

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Lucy is a contemporary landscape artist painting in oil, predominantly en plein-air, and travels extensively with her paints. Often these smaller plein-air paintings are used to produce larger studio works when she returns home. Lucy views her work like a visual diary, intimately recording her experiences and the beauty in the world around her. A combination palette knife and brush is used to build the layers and tell the story of the scene unfolding, which results in an energetic and vibrant response to the subject matter. Lucy is particularly inspired by dramatic lights and will often re-visit the same spot a few times at different times of day and year, drawing inspiration from the Impressionist movement in modern day. Although figurative in style, Lucy has a strong focus on the visceral quality of the paint itself, so areas of the painting when isolated appear completely abstract. ‘I feel drawn to nature and the beauty in the every day, particularly dramatic lights, often sunrise or sunset. I enjoy trying to capture my subject en plein-air, quickly and energetically as the light changes. My work often has thick impasto paintwork and I use a palette knife to build the layers’.’

Alongside her own practice, Lucy founded ARTCH (Art for Charity Collective) at the start of the first lockdown - a global collective of artists supporting each other and also raising awareness and funds for various charities. To date they have raised £320,000.

Lucy's work has been widely exhibited, including with the prestigious ROI, and also recently shortlisted for the Jackson's Art Prize.