Lucy Eglington

Lucy Eglington
6th  – 17th October 2009
Opening: Tues 6th October, 5.30 – 7pm

‘My latest work is a series of paintings that combine people a taxonomy of birds and moths to represent dreams, things forgotten, ideas not yet realised and times past. My subjects are sleeping, thinking, engaged in their inner worlds; allowing the winged manifestations of their psyches to be the viewer’s first point of visual conversation.
I like the taxonomised birds because they are ‘frozen’, some even in mid-flight; full of beauty but tagged and going nowhere on their pedestals. The moths also suffer a stagnation juxtaposed with their former life and vibrancy. They are so delicate, and so ethereal. Transfixed with a pin (a slightly vicious human act) they become fragile representations, almost shadows.’
-Lucy Eglington

Lucy’s romantic, dreamlike works are suffused with a frankness that creates an almost gothic dimension. There is a realism and poignancy just beneath their rich and lavish fancy. Skilfully executed oil portraiture, they have classic beauty, but contain enough mystery and darkness to offer striking depth.