A contemporary visual artist, David Lucas draws inspiration from skies, land, sea, horizons, comets, space, rainbows, light and shadow. His visual language involves expressive gestural mark making and painterly abstraction, using intense colour, contour and shape.
‘Horizon Line no.9′ and ‘Glimmer’ have been selected for ‘ARTS@60’ at Vallum Gallery-Institute of the Arts, Brampton Road Campus, University of Cumbria, Carlisle CA3 9AW.
Exhibition open 10-4, mon-fri, 18 November – 6 December 2024.
‘Solway no.5′(Shaft of Light)107 x 169cm, oil on canvas, selected for ‘JOYFUL’ at Cupola Contemporary Art, 178 Middlewood Rd, Sheffield S6 1TD.
Exhibition Open: Free Admission mon-sat 10-6 and Sundays 12-4 until Christmas, 23 November-4 January 2025.
It is the latest addition to the series inspired by the unique beauty and character of the Solway Plain and surrounding area in north Cumbria, featuring in this painting the view across the sea, of the Scottish lowland fells, including the highest peak Criffel.
‘Solway no.4′(Shaft of Light series)107 x 169cm, oil on canvas, photographed on display in ‘Cornucopia’ a selected group exhibition at Cupola Contemporary Art .
‘Solway no.1(Shaft of Light series)’, 107 x 169cm, oil on canvas is the first of a number of paintings, directly inspired by the landscape of north Cumbria,
‘Shadow no.2’, was featured in ‘CUPOLA 30’, and several installation shots have been added to the images in the Installs section.
Work in progress, and on display in private collections and exhibitions : on Instagram
David can be found at Cupola Contemporary Art / Saatchiart / and Pollock-Krasner Foundation .