Lucy Willis: prints and paintings from the last 25 years

20th March - 10th May 2013

FIRST THURSDAY OPENINGS 4TH APRIL & 2ND MAY 1-9PM
PLEASE NOTE GALLERY IS OPEN BY APPOINTMENT ONLY AT ALL OTHER TIMES
This exhibition shows a selection of Lucy Willis’ work spanning the last 25 years of her career. Willis’ paintings and prints demonstrate her passion for travel, and the vast array of countries she has visited to gather her imagery are shown here. Locations featured include Malta, Greece, Sicily, and Venice.


Lucy Willis,Chinese China,
 watercolour, 26 x 27cm
£495 SOLD

 Further a-field locations featured include Syria, Yemen, China, India, Senegal, Morocco and Zanzibar. Willis explores the places she visits and captures evocative elements of them; from quiet moments in the backstreets of a city, to big sweeping views across a skyline. She relishes depicting intricate details of the architecture, and moments from the everyday lives of the people living within it.



Lucy Willis, Stone Steps,
watercolour,49 x 33cm
£850 SOLD

  In all Willis’ watercolours, the defining element is her sensitivity to these details and her masterly use of light.

Lucy Willis trained at the Ruskin School of Art. She has tutored many painting groups in various countries across the world and written two books on the subject of watercolour painting. Exhibitions include many solo exhibitions and group exhibitions all across the UK.

She won the BP Portrait Award for portraits of Shepton Mallet Prison inmates, following her artist residency there. She was elected a member of the Royal West of England Academy in 1993.