Lucy was born in 1959. After winning a Wilkinson Scholarship, she graduated from Sheffield College of Art with a degree in Painting and Printmaking. In 1982 she returned to live in Ireland and now works from her studio in Avoca, Co. Wicklow.

Her inspiration is drawn from a wealth of sources including ancient decorative arts, Matisse and Bonnard. She is a vibrant colourist, painting still life and interiors, with figurative and landscape elements. Lucy works in oils on canvas and board, applying thick, impasto paint with a palette knife which she says prevents her becoming too absorbed with detail, and also helps to bring out the full texture and intensity of colour which is a hallmark of her work.

Lucy‘s work is highly regarded and is on public display at Trinity College, Dublin, The Office of Public Works and St James’ Hospital. Her work is permanently shown at two Dublin art galleries and is in many public and private collections. She exhibits internationally in Stockholm, France and Italy and in 1985 she won the Windsor & Newton Prize at the National Portrait Award Exhibition in Dublin.