CCA Galleries International is delighted to introduce a painting and print show titled ‘Borrowed Time’ by painter and print maker, Lucy Farley. The exhibition, which is sponsored by Rathbone Investment Management International, officially opens on Friday 25th September 2015 and runs until Saturday 17th October 2015.
This exhibition brings together artwork inspired by Lucy’s time spent in France, Denmark, the Caribbean, Spain and London since 2006. Lucy maps her journey from the roots of pure observational drawing land and seascapes which form the basis of all her finished paintings and prints to the psychologically charged abstract works.
Since her birth in 1982, Lucy has lived and worked in London. She studied at Central St. Martins graduating in 2005, and has an MA in printmaking from the Royal College of Art (2009), followed by a two-year Fellowship at the Royal Academy. Exhibitions in London have included the ‘Originals’ Printmaking show at the Mall Galleries in London, as well as each year at the Royal Academy’s Summer Show.
Lucy’s work has consistently remained rooted in the observation and documentation of her immediate landscape and a need to project 'particular emotional states' upon her surroundings - depicting through the use of specific imagery both organic and man-made elements in nature. In her own words;
“Painting, drawing and printmaking are all part of my practice. I am interested in depicting places that I have a personal connection with or a history that inspires me. My work aims to build up a record of time, spirit of place and changing feelings which occur through travel, my existence in the city and a connection with nature and the landscape.
The fragments of memory, past sensations and experiences, that are associated with a particular urban or natural landscape, form the basis of my work. The landscape in a way acts as a 'stage set' in which my own cast of characters are built up to project a personal ongoing narrative, which aims to question, describe and unravel certain aspects of the human condition, which I am dealing with at a given time.”
On the sponsorship, Vaughan Rimeur, Director at Rathbones, comments; “Rathbones has a proud history of supporting the arts and we are absolutely delighted to assist CCA Galleries International in continuing to bring new and interesting artists to the island. We are excited to sponsor this latest exhibition which showcases Lucy Farley’s stunning contemporary work.”
Image: 'Stroud Low Moon' by Lucy Farley