About the Artist

Maryann Lucas lives and works in Sag Harbor, New York. She is primarily self-taught but has studied with contemporary artists she admires, like Michael Klein, Dennis Perrin, Ben Fenske, Ramiro and Melissa Franklin Sanchez. Working exclusively in oils, Lucas sets out almost daily to create plein aire landscapes and seascapes. In her studio, she works directly from life and captures the beauty of natural light as it transforms ordinary objects into visual delights.

Lucas describes her work as expressive realism.  She wants it to celebrate all that is well with this world, despite its pockets of darkness. “For me,” she says, “I know I am in the presence of something beautiful, when it steals my breath, silences my mind, and draws me in. I trust that feeling. I use it to guide my hands as I arrange a still life or scan a landscape to determine where to set down my easel.  Ultimately, that sensation is what drives me to paint and to find the extraordinary in the ordinary. I try to celebrate what is simple yet sacred on the surface of life with the goal of soothing what aches the human heart."

Lucas is a graduate of Georgetown University and the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. Before suspending her career to raise her two children, Lucas worked as a television reporter for WCAX in Burlington, Vermont. Prior to that, Lucas worked in New York City for CBS News as a producer for many shows including, Face the Nation with Leslie Stahl, Universe with Walter Cronkite and Nightwatch with Charlie Rose. 

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2023

Grenning Gallery - Gems, Sag Harbor, NY

Gallery at Tree's Place - Holiday Show, Orleans, MA

Gallery at Tree's Place - Summer Salon, Orleans, MA

 

2022

Grenning Gallery - Gems, Sag Harbor, NY

Copley Society of Art - Holiday Show, Boston, MA

Grenning Gallery -  Bounty of Beauty, Sag Harbor, NY

Gallery at Tree's Place - Holiday Show, Orleans, MA

Gallery at Tree's Place - Summer Salon, Orleans, MA

Copley Society of Art - Small Works Show, Boston, MA

 

 

2021

Copley Society of Art - Summer Members Show, Boston, MA

Grenning Gallery - The Crown Jewels, Sag Harbor, NY

Gallery at Tree's Place - Holiday Show, Orleans, MA

Grenning Gallery - Taking Root, Sag Harbor, NY

Gallery at Tree's Place - Summer Salon, Orleans, MA

 

 

2020

Copley Society of Art - New Members Juried Show, Boston MA

Copley Society of Art - Summer Members Juried Show, Boston MA

Copley Society of Art - Fall Members  Juried Show, Boston MA

Grenning Gallery - Gems, Sag Harbor, NY

Gallery at Tree's Place - Holiday Show, Orleans, MA

Grenning Gallery - California Dreaming, Sag Harbor, NY

Grenning Gallery - Fenske and Friends, Sag Harbor, NY

Gallery at Tree's Place - Fall and Fauna, Orleans, MA

 

2019

Grenning Gallery - Gems, Sag Harbor, NY

Grenning Gallery - Butko/Carmody/Lucas, Sag Harbor, NY

Grenning Gallery - Broad Impressions, Sag Harbor, NY

Philadelphia Fine Art Fair, Philadelphia, PA

Grenning Gallery - Painting Locally, Sag Harbor, NY

Gallery at Tree's Place - From Farm to Easel, Orleans, MA

Gallery at Tree's Place - In Full Bloom, Orleans, MA

 

2018

Grenning Gallery - Gems, Sag Harbor, NY

Grenning Gallery - Ackrill/Lucas, Sag Harbor, NY

2017

Grenning Gallery - Gems, Sag Harbor, NY

Grenning Gallery -  Sag and the City, Sag Harbor, NY

Grenning Gallery - 20th Anniversary Show, Sag Harbor, NY

Grenning Gallery - Lucas/Bauman, Sag Harbor, NY

 

 2016

Grenning Gallery - Miracle on Madison, Sag Harbor, NY 

Grenning Gallery - Another Look, Sag Harbor, NY

2015

Grenning Gallery - Gems, Sag Harbor, NY

Grenning Gallery - Summer Works, Sag Harbor, NY

Art Market and Design – Bridgehampton, NY

Grenning Gallery - Cardone, Lucas & Lucas, Sag Harbor, NY

2014

Grenning Gallery - Gems, Sag Harbor, NY

Grenning Gallery - Summer Landscapes, Sag Harbor, NY

2013

Grenning Gallery - Holiday Show, Sag Harbor, NY

Romany Kramoris Gallery - Flowers Show, Sag Harbor, NY

1999-2013  

Chrysalis Gallery, Southampton, NY

 
PUBLICATIONS:
Cudzilo, Brian, “Honoring the Artist,” Dan’s Papers, (March 10, 2017)
Landes, Jennifer, “Memories of Summer,” The East Hampton Star, (November 5, 2015)
“A Mix at Grenning,” The Sag Harbor Express, (April 10, 2014)
Raebeck, Tessa, “Found Artists,” The Sag Harbor Express, (November 21, 2013)
Wolberg Weiss, Marion, “Honoring the Artist,” Dan’s Papers, (August 24, 2001)