The Vote with Mark Walker – Brighton based Contemporary Landscape Painter, Lucy Marks

Latest TV News Editor, Mark Walker, speaks to the Brighton based contemporary landscape painter, Lucy Marks, about her life and work. Lucy Marks is a contemporary landscape painter working in watercolour and oil. Her dynamic compositions express the ever-changing energy and movement within the landscape. She often draws in charcoal to capture the spontaneity of the moment. Subsequently her works capture all the various energies of the land, sea and sky; from wild seas to pensive landscapes. Lucy works directly in the environment and refers to these works back in her studio to further capture the fleeting quality of the subject. Her process is to work directly from the landscape, either painting en plein air or sketching. Through painting she explores the energy and dynamism, movement of the landscape. Mark finds out more.