Lucy O'Doherty
Lucy O'Doherty works with oil paint and soft pastels to create dreamlike interpretations of landscapes, isolated dwellings and vacant interiors.
Lucy O'Doherty is a contemporary artist and painter. Born in 1986, she lives in Sydney, Australia.
Lucy produces images so insistently lovely that they begin to feel unsettling. Whether she is depicting a heavily manicured urban backyard or an ‘untouched’ landscape, her treatment is equally painstaking. The composition is carefully worked out, gradations of colour smooth, paint strokes deliberately few. Her palette is one of ice-cream pastel pinks, blues and creams. Edges tend to be blurred, as if the images are being viewed through a 1980s soap opera lens or eyes hazy with tears. Without exception, the scenes are empty of people and animals. Beaches gape. Diners are clientless. Swimming pools lie abandoned, often drained.
Lucy's works are whimsical and often difficult to interpret. What initially appears to be the trunk of a palm tree might in fact be the stand for an oversized umbrella. A form looming beyond a flamboyantly shaped pool might be an outdoor lamp, or a neighbour’s heater, or something else altogether.
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Forest on fire, 2022
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Hazy Loch, 2022
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Iceberg lying on the sea, 2022
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Melting ice mass, 2022
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New lakes and craters formed by thawing permafrost, 2022
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Sleeping Giants, 2022
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Sun and Ice, 2022
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Wind Whipped Landscape, 2022
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Empty pool shadows and discarded lifebuoy, 2021
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Illuminated tables and red booths in vacant restaurant, 2021
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Pink haze, 2021
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The moon searching for water, 2021
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Chlorine Blues, 2020
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Piopiotahi/Milford Sound reflection, 2019
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A farewell on the slow ferry , 2018
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Blue Room, 2018
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Booth reflection, 2018
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Calangues shack in light, 2018
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Future Dwelling, 2018
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Gateway to a veiled sun, 2018
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Last Drinks, 2018
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Whatever happened to the old TV shows, 2018
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Lucy O'Doherty, Melting Landscapes
24 Mar - 23 Apr 2022Lucy O'Doherty, Melting Landscapes. Exhibition at Jhana Millers Gallery, Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Wellington, Aotearoa New ZealandRead more -
Auckland Art Fair, The Right Place?
24 - 28 Feb 2021Auckland Art Fair, The Right Place?. Exhibition at Jhana Millers Gallery, Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Wellington, Aotearoa New ZealandRead more -
Lucy O’Doherty and Harry Culy, Blue Room
13 - 27 Oct 2018Lucy O'Doherty and Harry Culy, Blue Room. Exhibition at Jhana Millers Gallery, Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand.Read more -
The Gates, Inaugural Exhibition
7 Jul - 4 Aug 2018Group Exhibition, The Gates. Exhibition at Jhana Millers Gallery, Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Wellington, Aotearoa New ZealandRead more