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Lucy Austin

Bristol
Abstract painter and printmaker inspired by forms from the urban landscape.
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My work begins with making a sketchbook which I find is a way to explore new language for a series of work. My paintings are built up on canvas over a long period of time with layers of collaged material. These fragments are pieced together slowly and combine elements of drawing, printmaking and painting. 

The combination of materials I use include raw canvas, wax, felt, rice paper, cardboard packaging and gesso. The overlapping layers create a landscape which is rich and thoughtful within which there are elements appearing and disappearing under the surface.

My inspiration partly comes from living in the urban landscape; I mix ancient parts of Bristol's architecture with urban industrial areas. I am also repurposing cardboard packing from domestic items, and using parcel labels. I use oil sticks which resist water based acyclic, here there is a metaphor for our times. The paintings attempt to wrangle some of these different ideas in one image.

I am currently working towards a new series of paintings and prints for a Solo exhibition in Sept 2025 at Ruskin Mill in Nailsworth, UK.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

100.29 Drawing Series

100.28 Drawing Series

100.18 Drawing Series

100.24 Drawing Series

Fuzzy Logic

Soapbox

Anomaly

Landscape 2

Landscape 1

Sketchbook pages 29 - 30

Sketchbook pages 23 - 24

Sketchbook pages 21- 22

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