About Lucy
An Irish Girl At Heart
An Irish Girl At Heart
An Irish Girl At Heart
Lucy Magee was born and raised in the beautiful north of Ireland. She is deeply proud of her Irish heritage and knows that no matter where she is in the world she’ll always be an Irish girl at heart. She spent a year living in Mérida in the Yucatán and for the past 10 years she has spent the majority of her time living in California. S
Lucy Magee was born and raised in the beautiful north of Ireland. She is deeply proud of her Irish heritage and knows that no matter where she is in the world she’ll always be an Irish girl at heart. She spent a year living in Mérida in the Yucatán and for the past 10 years she has spent the majority of her time living in California. She has an adventurous spirit and has travelled to many places the most recent of which was Hawai’i. At the beginning of 2023 Lucy lost her beloved husband suddenly which resulted in her stepping back from her art, however as with any true love she found her way back to it and is ready to take on the world once again.
Inspiration
An Irish Girl At Heart
An Irish Girl At Heart
Lucy loves to travel, especially to places rich in culture, bright colours and warm sunshine of course. It was on her honeymoon to Europe in 2018 where she visited Barcelona and the Amalfi Coast that her artistic style was born. She was so taken by Gaudí’s stained glass windows and mosaic art, and with the incredible ceramics and colour
Lucy loves to travel, especially to places rich in culture, bright colours and warm sunshine of course. It was on her honeymoon to Europe in 2018 where she visited Barcelona and the Amalfi Coast that her artistic style was born. She was so taken by Gaudí’s stained glass windows and mosaic art, and with the incredible ceramics and colours of the Amalfi Coast that she simply had to incorporate this beauty into her paintings. She has always leaned into the feminine energy of life and her paintings reflect that. Her favourite artists include Vincent Van Gogh, Vladimir Volegov and Romero Britto.
Making a Magical Mosaic
The process of painting a Magical Mosaic can take between 200 & 300 hours to complete. Lucy usually begins by designing a small colour composition and then sketching the design onto a canvas. Once complete Lucy will use acrylic or gold paint to lay down the lines of the mosaic, this will then be varnished with a high gloss to ensure the
The process of painting a Magical Mosaic can take between 200 & 300 hours to complete. Lucy usually begins by designing a small colour composition and then sketching the design onto a canvas. Once complete Lucy will use acrylic or gold paint to lay down the lines of the mosaic, this will then be varnished with a high gloss to ensure they stay in place and to catch the light. Lucy then uses her extremely rare daubing technique of painting which allows her to blend colours together seamlessly whilst also producing a textured effect making it all the more unique.
Artistic Career
Lucy has had her work displayed in many prominent art galleries across the world; Adelman Fine Art and the Perry Gallery in San Diego, Arte 1010 in Mérida Mexico, and the Yard Gallery in Holywood N.Ireland. Her paintings have earned her awards including a ‘Best in Show’ from the Del Mar Fair in 2022. In 2021 she decided to create her ow
Lucy has had her work displayed in many prominent art galleries across the world; Adelman Fine Art and the Perry Gallery in San Diego, Arte 1010 in Mérida Mexico, and the Yard Gallery in Holywood N.Ireland. Her paintings have earned her awards including a ‘Best in Show’ from the Del Mar Fair in 2022. In 2021 she decided to create her own Dinnerware collection using her original painting designs, and these were sold in the fabulous Hillcrest area of San Diego. Her dinnerware collection even made it on to a home decor TV show based in Australia! Lucy has been a professional painter since 2015 beginning with custom portraiture before progressing to her signature style. She studied painting and composition with well known La Jolla artist Leah Higgins for 3 years, and studied portraiture with Kris Finch at the Art Academy of San Diego for a year.