Artists
Lucy Boydell
Lucy Boydell
Lucy is an artist recognised for both her outstanding animal sculptures in bronze and for her large scale drawings in charcoal and in pen and ink. She has exhibited broadly in Norfolk and Suffolk, in Bath and in The Hague, Netherlands. She has shown with galleries at several of the Art Fairs in London and her work is held in private collections in Britain and abroad.
Lucy gathers her source material first hand visiting smallholdings, farmers, breeders and zoo keepers up and down the country with the aim of fully understanding the animal. Every animal she has produced she will have met including the skeleton of the dodo in the bowels of the Natural History Museum!
Of the creative processes Lucy is equally passionate;
"I adore drawing – I am happiest with a stick of compressed charcoal and a roll of Fabriano. Halfway into a piece of work I can completely lose myself and begin to feel the animal coming alive. I aim to capture a moment of spirit and energy, the essence of that animal, its character, weight, texture, attitude and presence.
I choose to model my sculptures in wax, which captures beautifully the textures of feathers, fur and hide. I love to see my fingerprints on the surface of the finished bronze. I find the ancient alchemy of producing a bronze a mysterious and thrilling process."
