Lucy Marks RWS AROI
Lucy Marks RWS AROI grew up in and around Brighton and has worked for over 20 years as a professional painter. Lucy Marks' practise focuses on capturing landscapes and seascapes in Oil, Watercolour and Gouache. Lucy Marks 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 Lucy Marks' 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, Lucy Marks uses her en plein air works and field sketches to scale up her paintings to much larger work.
Lucy Marks RWS AROI holds an MA in Fine Art (Painting) from Brighton University and is an Associate Member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters. Lucy 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 Marks has undertaken a number of large solo shows. In 2021, she was invited by the Petworth House, National Trust, to paint their park and gardens culminating in a three-month solo show, ‘Dawn to Dusk’, exhibited in the historic house itself. And in 2022, Lucy showed a large body of both oil and watercolours based on three walks John Constable undertook in and around Brighton. ‘Constable’s Walks’ was exhibited in the new Royal Watercolour Society Gallery, Whitcomb Street, London. In 2024, ‘Times of the Day’ showcased over 80 new works in oil, watercolour, and gouache, through which Lucy explored the effects of light across landscapes and seascapes from dawn through the day and into the night. This was also exhibited at the Royal Watercolour Society Gallery in London.
In 2022 Lucy Marks was awarded the ‘Sloane Stanley Medal’ at the Chelsea Art Society. She was also a finalist in the 2022 British Art Prize for her large oil “Golden Dusk” (120 x 200 cm). Lucy has shown and sold large oil paintings at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in both 2022 and 2023. In 2020, Lucy was a Finalist for the Drawing Bursary at the ING Discerning Eye, where she also won the Humphrey’s Purchase Prize in 2019.