In Lucy's own words: "For this collection, I thought back to how I felt before and during making the jump to pursue art full time. It felt a bit like...
In Lucy's own words: "For this collection, I thought back to how I felt before and during making the jump to pursue art full time. It felt a bit like going into the unknown. It reminded me of that moment right before submerging into the water when swimming outside."
These soft pastel pieces are delicate and the protective glassine paper should be kept on until framing.
The swimmer is the recurring figure in Lucy Mahon's pastel work — swimming being one of the rituals she names as central to her life alongside coffee, family and the market at Columbia Road. The moment before submerging is a specific kind of moment: the decision already made, the body not yet in the water, the temperature not yet felt. Mahon uses it as a metaphor for the transition from part-time to full-time artist — the same moment of committed entry into the unknown. This is a pastel original. The protective glassine paper should remain on the work until framing. Signed. £320.
Edition of
One off Original |
Signed |
Size:
330 x 266mm |
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Lucy Mahon is a Watford-born, London-based artist and illustrator who works in pen and pastel. Pre-lockdown, her practice was predominantly black and white and line-based, driven by travel and architecture — particularly the mid-century modernism of Palm Springs, whose buildings by Albert Frey, Hal Levitt and William Krisel she has studied in depth. A pastel-a-day project in spring 2020 opened up a softer, more personal body of work that sits alongside the architectural line drawings: Smiling at Strangers, 10 Things We Love About You, and the Submerge swimmer series, which she connects to the experience of going full-time as an artist. Her prints are visual love letters to the world — places and rituals that bring comfort, nostalgia and a feeling of home. Collaborations include Fortnum & Mason, Net-A-Porter and a joint edition with Dave Buonaguidi at Print Club London.
