* THE DISCERNING EYE COMPETITION 2022
Mall Galleries London SW1  
Friday 11th November – Sunday 20th November

http://www.discerningeye.org

 

‘Fusia red’ Lucy Duke ©2022
Watercolour & on paper

 

 

* THE ROYAL WATERCOLOUR SOCIETY
Open Competition 2022
Bankside Gallery, 48 Hopton Street ,London SE1 9JH
PV Thurs 3rd March 6-8pm Exhibition: 4th-20th March

 

‘Terracotta pansy‘ Lucy Duke ©2021

 

* THE ROYAL WATERCOLOUR SOCIETY
Open Competition 2019
Bankside Gallery, 48 Hopton Street ,London SE1 9JH
PV Thurs 7th March 6-8pm Exhibition: 8th-20th March

 

‘Bloom‘ Lucy Duke ©2017

 

* THE ROYAL WATERCOLOUR SOCIETY
Open Competition 2018
Bankside Gallery, 48 Hopton Street ,London SE1 9JH
2th-14th March 

 

‘Out of the rain’ Lucy Duke ©2017

* THE DISCERNING EYE COMPETITION 2016
Mall Galleries London SW1  
Thursday 17th November – Sunday 27th November
(Two works selected by art critic Sasha Craddock)
http://www.discerningeye.org

 

‘Gypsy path’ Lucy Duke ©2015
Watercolour & pastel on paper

 

‘Sherwood brow’ Lucy Duke ©2014
Oil Pastel & Watercolour on paper

* THE ROYAL WATERCOLOUR SOCIETY
Open Competition 2016
Bankside Gallery, 48 Hopton Street ,London SE1 9JH
4th-16th March 

 

‘Heaven’s light’ Lucy Duke ©2015 Watercolour on paper

* BRIXTON EAST GALLERY 
What is Urban? Exhibition by the South London Women Artists
100 Barrington Road London SW9 7JF
Feb 26th – March 11th  2015

 

‘Star over the bough’ Lucy Duke ©2014 Watercolour on paper

* THE PASTEL SOCIETY
Open Competition 2015
Mall Galleries London SW1
10th-21st June  

 

‘Potter’s delight’ Lucy Duke ©2013 Pastel on paper

* ROYAL SOCIETY OF BRITISH ARTISTS
297th Annual Open Competition 2014
Opening by Andrew Marr 
Mall Galleries London SW1
4th – 15th March

‘Gaia’s palace’  Lucy Duke ©2013   Pastel on paper

 

* THE ROYAL MARSDEN’S ART COMPETITION 2014– Prize winner
‘Mulberry cafe’ 1st Floor, Royal Marsden Hospital ,Fulham Road until end of May 2014.
Then at the Royal Marsden , Sutton for further public display until the end of September 2014.

 

 ‘A goode seat ‘   Lucy Duke ©2013  Watercolour on paper

The Royal Marsden have instigated this competition to give their patients, friends and relatives some pleasure
through what is often a very difficult and traumatic time.

* REVIEW by Jude Evans ( edited) LAMBETH OPEN STUDIO 2010

…..people don’t feature at all in Lucy Duke’s work, although there is usually an implicit human presence. Lucy is exhibiting her paintings and drawings in a quiet residential street in Herne Hill. Walking into the front room, which is light and airy, I look at the pictures on display. They are light and airy too. A sense of quiet joy comes out at me from her lyrical, delicate, brightly-coloured images. She’s done some beautiful drawings of domestic scenes, like Pierre Bonnard’s complex compositions in sunlit interiors – the corner of a room, a window in the background with light streaming through, a table, some chairs, a vase of flowers, a bowl of fruit, all lovingly depicted, conveying warmth, comfort and peace. Lucy’s delight in mark making is obvious, and there’s a child-like quality in her work that I find quite compelling. It’s idiosyncratic, charming, sophisticated and naive at the same time. Lucy’s watercolour still lifes and landscapes are just as lovely as her drawings – there’s the same heightened colour and lightness of touch, and you can see the influence of the English landscape tradition, particularly Turner’s watercolour sketches. Lucy always works from direct observation, which is probably why her pictures have a vibrant and spontaneous feel, and her passion for her subjects shines through.

                                                                                        ‘Lowtide Mortlake Bridge’  Lucy Duke ©2010  Watercolour on paper 

 

Lucy Duke lives and works near Brixton, London.

If you would like to visit, please email contact@lucyduke.com
Tel +44(0)20 7733 2538    Mob 07913441227