1954

Born

1972 - 1975

Trained: Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford.

1976 - 1978

Lived in Greece and established an etching workshop on the island of Syros, affiliated to The Aegean School of Art.

1980

Opened Moorland House Workshop in Somerset, running residential painting and printmaking courses until 1986.

1981

Travelled to Italy on a Bockingford International Watercolour Award.

1986

First of ten solo exhibitions at the Chris Beetles Gallery, London.

1987

Commissioned to paint in Northern Portugal. Commissioned to paint in Guernsey for the Guernsey Tourist Board.

1988

Wrote and Illustrated Light, How to See it, How to Paint it published by Cassells.

1990

Tutored painting group in North Yemen for The Artist magazine.

1991

Tutored painting group in Southern India for The Artist magazine. Became artist in residence at Shepton Mallet Prison, Somerset (until 1993).

1992

Won the BP Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery for the portrait of prison inmates entitled Her Majesty's Pleasure. Ran painting workshops in Dubai and travelled to Oman to paint Became visiting artist an the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.

1993

Elected a member of the Royal West of England Academy. Commissioned to paint Lord and Lady Longford for the National Portrait Gallery. Illustrated Excursions in the Real World by William Trevor. Tutored painting group in the South of France for The Artist magazine. Organised the first regional Koestler Exhibition of Prison Art in Taunton.

1995

Tutored painting group in Zanzibar for The Artist magazine.

1996

Tutored painting group in Egypt for The Artist magazine. Exeter Health Care Arts commissioned an oil painting for the RD&E hospital. Travelled to Hungary to paint. Tutored painting group in France for the Friends of the RWA.

1997

Wrote and illustrated Light in Watercolour published by HarperCollins. Became visiting tutor at Somerset College of Arts and Technology. Tutored painting group at the Alhambra in Spain for The Artist magazine.

1998

Travelled to Senegal, West Africa to paint.

1999

Tutored painting group in Gujarat, Western India for The Artist magazine.

2000

Travelled to India to paint people and places threatened by the damming of the Narmada River.

'Year of the Artist' Commission to work with inmates at H M Portland Young Offender Institution on murals within the prison.

Tutored painting group in Morroco for The Artist magazine.

2001

Organised a fund raising exhibition "Bhuj before the Earthquake". See special appeal page

Exhibition at the Curwen Gallery.

2002

Tutored painting group in Hania, Crete.

2003

BT Batsford published Travels with Watercolour

Curated 'Tooth and Claw' animal exhibition at the Royal West of England Academy, Bristol.

2004

Tutored painting group in Sicily for The Artist magazine

2005

Tutored painting group in China for The Artist magazine

 2005-2009

Travels with Watercolour

Illustrated with 150 watercolours and sketches.

The book was published by B T Batsford 2003 in hardback.
ISBN 0 7134 8826 3

The hardback is now out of print but signed copies are available direct from the artist for £22 + p&p: email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Paperback edition published by Batsford February 2009 £12.99 ISBN 9781906388331

Light in Watercolour

A book by Lucy Willis, about painting in watercolour, is a available in paperback from most good book shops. Entitled 'Light in Watercolour', it gives pratical information on watercolour techniques, step by step demonstrations and suggestions on where to look for ideas and inspiration.
It is illustrated with over 120 of Lucy Willis's painting, many of which can be seen in the image library.

Among the subjects the book covers are :-
Materials and Equipment
Working with Watercolour *
Importance of Tone
Light and Shadow *
Ideas and Inspiration
Paint Watercolors Indoors *
Paint Watercolors Outdoors *
Figures and Portraits

Demonstrations are included for the items marked *

The book was published by Harper Collins ISBN 0-00-412976-8

Now out of print but copies can be found on the internet.

Articles

1990-2012 Numerous articles published in The Artist magazine

2012 In the footsteps of my Grandfather, H M Bateman - The Oldie

Illustrated Exhibition Catalogues

Each catalogue from Lucy Willis's 2002-2010 London exhibitions is illustrated with up to 40 images.They are available at £4 each. Minimum orders of 5 catalogues £20 + post and packaging. email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  

Lucy Willis 2002  (Paintings of Morocco, Senegal and England)   21 colour illustrations

Lucy Willis 2003 (Paintings of Crete,  India, Greece, England and Senegal)    23 colour illustrations

Memories of Summer 2004  (Painting of Sicily, Greece and England)  27 colour illustrations

From Here to China 2006  (paintings of China, Senegal, England and Greece)  41 colour illustrations

Lucy Willis- New Work 2008 (Still life and paintings of Tunisia & England)  40 colour illustrations

Venice and Beyond 2010  (paintings of Venice, England and Still Life)    30 colour illustrations

Cities of Stone 2012   (paintings of Malta, Gozo and Syria) 30 colour illustrations