The Flower Hunter book launch
Lucy describes herself as a visual storyteller who is passionate about creating floral and garden art and capturing that sense of theatre with her camera around the world. Her work has a style that rings true to the British landscape and has a natural untouched quality to it, harking back to the early 20th century, a time when the Bloomsbury group were at their peak, the female form was considered the ultimate in grace and elegance and the British social attitude was quietly reserved. With a Degree in Fine Art from Liverpool University, a lifetime designing gardens and self-taught photography, her work is constantly looking at ways in which we can soften and meld the boundaries between the inside and out. When she is not travelling, Lucy retreats to her own, invariably intertwined garden and studio in the mountains in North Wales. Here she creates, teaches, has a constant, ongoing dialogue with the weeds in the garden and walks with her dogs and camera. She also co-hosts this podcast along with Fiona and Brigitte! How stressful can it be having to confirm to being recorded on Zoom? Very, if this short, informal (aren’t they all!) episode is anything to go by! Once we navigated our way round signing in, Lucy read a short extract from her book, a beautiful excerpt which most, if not all, creatives will be able to relate to offering a small glimpse into the rest of this can’t-put-down book. She also teases us with details of upcoming plans for book signings and there’s our usual silly banter too. A short but sweet episode to ease us gently back into the next series.