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About Me

I am an artist and musician based in Melbourne. I work across both painting and composition, and have developed a dual practice over the years. You can read a bit more about each area of my work below.

Art –

Lucy is a Melbourne-based artist whose practice explores ideas of beauty, purpose, and desire. Her paintings focus on the act of looking - the internal responses that arise when we encounter something aspirational or familiar.

She is particularly interested in the space between domestic familiarity and a sense of grandeur or otherworldliness. Within this space lies both escapism and a reflection on everyday, accessible pleasures. These themes draw on painting’s historical role as a portal for daydreaming and fantasy, even when portraying the most ordinary of scenes.

Lucy's work is held in private collections across Australia and internationally. She has been a finalist in multiple art prizes, including the Blake Prize, the A.M.E. Bale Art Prize, and the Len Fox Painting Prize.

Music –

Lucy is a classically trained musician with a background in voice, guitar, and lever harp. Born to a German opera singer father and a Maltese mother, she grew up surrounded by European classical music, storytelling, and folk traditions.

She has composed original music for screen projects with The Australian Ballet, insitu.reviews, and Kuwaii, and has performed on scores for ABC Television and Melbourne Theatre Company.

Her second solo record, Left Open in a Room, was nominated for the Australian Music Prize.