Lucy Meade Artist Catalog - Serendipity

SERENDIPITY LUCY MEADE

April 16 – June 6, 2024

SERENDIPITY

LUCY MEADE

April 16 – June 6, 2024

Endeavour Hall

St. Catherine’s School

6001 Grove Ave, Richmond, Virginia 23226

Artist Statement

For more than a decade, I have been a representational oil painter, enjoying time in the studio and painting plein-air. In recent years, I have been on parallel tracks, painting representationally and experimenting with abstraction through cold wax and mixed media.

My representational paintings are inspired by the natural beauty of our environment, as well as places I have visited. The light and landscapes are so different from place to place and moment by moment. I love the ever changing and powerful skies that illuminate the land and sea. There are timeless and meditative qualities to landscapes and seascapes.

When I was at university, painting abstractly came naturally, however many years later it did not. It was a challenge at first, until I experimented with numerous processes and techniques that helped me loosen up. While working on these abstract works, the process is intuitive and experimental with each color choice and layer building towards the final composition. I love the unpredictable intersections between colors and shapes, the flow.

My palette is described as happy and cheerful, which reflects who I am as well as the subject matter for both the representational and abstract works. I enjoy exploring the relationship between shapes, movement, and the luminosity of colors.

The representational paintings and the abstract works on paper were created independently and are not meant to speak to each other, but maybe they do?

Serendipity appears to be at play here.

BANFF, 2024

Oil on canvas

30 x 40 inches

$1,200

UNTITLED 1, 2024

Cold Wax / Mixed Media on paper

18 1/2 x 26 inches

$350

UNTITLED 2, 2024

Cold Wax / Mixed Media on paper

18 1/2 x 26 inches

$350

SUNSET IN BATH COUNTY, 2024

Oil on canvas

30 x 40 inches

$1,200

UNTITLED 3, 2023

Cold Wax / Mixed Media on paper

18 1/2 x 26 inches

$350

UNTITLED 4, 2023

Cold Wax / Mixed Media on paper

18 1/2 x 26 inches

$350

NANTUCKET LIGHT, 2023

Oil on canvas

30 x 40 inches

$1,200

UNTITLED 5, 2023

Cold Wax / Mixed Media on paper

18 1/2 x 26 inches

$350

UNTITLED 6, 2023

Cold Wax / Mixed Media on paper

18 1/2 x 26 inches

$350

Oil on canvas

30 x 40 inches

$1,200

JASPER, 2023

UNTITLED 7, 2024

Cold Wax / Mixed Media on paper

18 1/2 x 26 inches

$350

UNTITLED 8, 2024

Cold Wax / Mixed Media on paper

18 1/2 x 26 inches

$350

Oil on canvas

30 x 40 inches

$1,200

JANE’S SUNSET - PURA VIDA, 2024

UNTITLED 9, 2024

Cold Wax / Mixed Media on paper

18 1/2 x 26 inches

$350

UNTITLED 10, 2024

Cold Wax / Mixed Media on paper

18 1/2 x 26 inches

$350

BEACH TIME, 2023

Oil on canvas

30 x 40 inches

$1,200

UNTITLED 11, 2024

Cold Wax / Mixed Media on paper

18 1/2 x 26 inches

$350

UNTITLED 12, 2024

Cold Wax / Mixed Media on paper

18 1/2 x 26 inches

$350

ADDITIONAL WORKS ON PAPER DEVELOPED FOR THIS SHOW

AVAILABLE FROM THE ARTIST

UNTITLED 13, 2023

Cold Wax / Mixed Media on paper

18 1/2 x 26 inches

$350

UNTITLED 14, 2023

Cold Wax / Mixed Media on paper

18 1/2 x 26 inches

$350

UNTITLED 15, 2024

Cold Wax / Mixed Media on paper

18 1/2 x 26 inches

$350

UNTITLED 16, 2024

Cold Wax / Mixed Media on paper

18 1/2 x 26 inches

$350

UNTITLED 17, 2024

Cold Wax / Mixed Media on paper

18 1/2 x 26 inches

$350

UNTITLED 18, 2024

Cold Wax / Mixed Media on paper

18 1/2 x 26 inches

$350

UNTITLED 19, 2024

$350

$350

$350

$350

UNTITLED 25, 2024

$350

$350

$350

$350

$350

ARTISTIC JOURNEY

It all began at St. Catherine’s School in Richmond Virginia, my hometown. I am not sure which year provided the first spark, but Mrs. Easterly, Mrs. Cherry, Mrs. Jesse, and Mrs. Biddle were all catalytic in my love for creating art.

At Hollins College, now Hollins University, I majored in art history and minored in studio art. I studied abroad in Paris focusing on studio art, art history, and the Eurail pass schedule for weekend getaways. I left a painting on display in Paris hanging at Mother Earth; a fun restaurant/bar near the George Pompidou Center.

During the years since then, the Richmond community, particularly Downtown, has served as my creative canvas through my profession and volunteer board roles. Professionally, I have been a champion of Richmond’s creativity, innovation, revitalization, and future. For 34 years, I have helped engage business and community leaders, in partnership with the city, to enhance the vitality of Richmond, particularly downtown, through economic development, marketing, promotion, advocacy and events. My role has allowed the opportunity to initiate and execute many programs that continued to make Richmond a more vibrant, creative, and economically successful community. As a community leader, I have served on numerous boards for a variety of organizations. Two art organizations that I am passionate about are 1708 Gallery and Visual Arts Center of Richmond.

When I turned 50, I decided to have 50 new adventures to mark the occasion and one of those was to get back to creating art. For the first couple of years, I just explored different mediums, but my interest in oil painting re-emerged and I have been painting at the VMFA Studio School ever since. For nine summers, I spent concentrated time painting at Nimrod Hall in Bath County Virginia. During Covid, I started painting 9-12 hours a week at the VMFA and have continued that pace today (on top of a very full-time career). I am so inspired and encouraged by the amazing group of artists I have had the pleasure of spending so much time with and greatly appreciate each, and every one of you.

Learning from and working with some of Richmond’s great painters and friends has been an incredible journey—Thank you Diego Sanchez, Joan Elliott, Andy Bality, Martha Prideaux, Sally Bowring, Maria Reardon, Louis Poole, Matt Lively, Mary Holland, and many more.

ABBREVIATED CV

Lives and works in Richmond, VA

SELECT EXHIBITIONS

2016-2024 Multiple VMFA Studio School Shows

2023 Art Space Think Small Show

2022-current Crossroads Art Center

2021-2023 Bath County Art Show

SELECT COLLECTIONS

In collections in Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Wyoming; maybe still France!

To purchase or inquire, contact Lucy Meade at lmeade2010@gmail.com.

April 16 – June 6, 2024

Photo credits: Travis Fullerton Catalog design: Rachel Crawford