I have always spent my spare time creating, making, painting or doing something creative so guess it's not a surprise that I ended up being a photographer ! For the previous 7 years my work has been largely panoramic & landscape based but now I am heading in a new direction, constantly experimenting, pushing the boundaries & merging art and photography.
Currently I am exploring a them of signage, graphics and digital collage - I am fascinated with particularly hand written/painted signage, the older the better and the more imperfect the better.
My compositions originate from hand painted fruit & vege signs that I have documented throughout various markets & stalls, then re-composed to produce my own layered sign boards, picking interesting bits & pieces from each sign.
When the unique, imperfect and quickly hand-painted words are bought together in a structured & layered composition, it is only then that we see the beauty in the inadvertent ‘drybrushing', layering, rubbing back, painting over, and completely free & practical expression of these sign boards - ironically, these are many of the techniques that artists use today !
My full catalogue can be viewed at http://www.lucygdesign.com
My work is sold throughout many outlets in Auckland :
-Direct to the public once a month (refer website for details http://www.lucygdesign.com)
-Clever Bastards online shop - http://www.cleverbastards.co.nz
-The Original Art Sale, Pacific Events Centre (May)
-The Emerging Art Sale, Alexandra Park
-The Auckland Home Show (August / September)
-Many Auckland school art sales
-Texan Art School shops
-Mana Gallery, Ponsonby
-Mixt, Kingsland
-Next Door Gallery, Birkenhead
-YoYo, a new shop in Thorndon Quay Wellington for NZ art & design
I have listed smaller matted prints & canvases on this website, but all my work is available in larger sizes so please enquire ! Rolled photos or canvases also are available and are more cost effective to ship overseas.