Lucy Park
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About
Lucy Park
Born: Perth, Scotland
Currently based in Glasgow
BA Hons Fine Art Painting and Printmaking at The Glasgow School of Art, 2021-2025
Artist Statement:
My art practice is rooted in drawing and painting, responding to the shapes and patterns found in the everyday environment and landscape around me. There is an energy within my work that is captured through dynamic mark making, and rich, full colour palettes.
My paintings sit between reality and dream. The shapes might resemble landscapes or familiar places, but they’re also fictional, imagined spaces, drawn from memory of the everyday. Each mark is a trace of both the present moment and something remembered, allowing the past and present to intertwine.
There’s a strong sense of spontaneity in the way I work, quick decisions with colour and form, allowing each piece to unfold intuitively. This looseness creates a sense of freedom, a space without boundaries where imagination takes the lead. The immediacy of drawing allows me to explore ideas as they emerge, using oil pastels to make marks and introduce bursts of colour. These materials mimic crayons, encouraging a playful, childlike approach to image making.
Colour is a driving force in my practice. Bright hues to create depth and vibrancy, building layered forms that invite the viewer to look closer. There’s movement in the lines, and often a sense of playfulness, hidden marks, scribbles, or unexpected details that reveal themselves slowly. As you move around the work, there’s a feeling of discovery, of being invited into a world that’s both familiar and unknown.
There’s also a real joy in the act of making. It’s an energetic process that feels open and full of possibility. I’m interested in how curiosity and instinct can guide the work, and I try to stay responsive to whatever happens on the surface. This joy, and exploration is felt in the work, each piece contains a lively, animated quality that reflects the process of making them.