Polly Luce
Polly is a British painter whose work is rooted in landscape. Her paintings are mostly non-representational, but her focus is concerned with how it feels to be in a landscape; to respond to it in an intuitive way
Landscape is a source of escapism and connection for Polly and
these themes are central to her artistic practice. She experiences a push / pull between painting in an abstract and a semi-abstract way, and often finds that painting both is necessary to maintaining the loose and gestural marks which characterises her work.
In her paintings, Polly seeks to try and capture something of the landscape and seasons; and through this, attempts to create a sense of home, and a kind of cathartic way of feeling connected. She paints intuitively, with colour often forming the starting point and being a way in which to explore an emotive response to landscape.
Polly is an emerging British painter whose abstract and semi-abstract landscapes explore themes of escapism and connection.
Polly studied Art History at the University of St Andrews (2012) and has always painted for pleasure. She began selling her work in 2021, and in 2022 made painting her sole occupation.
Her paintings are now collected worldwide and she has quickly gained representation by a handful of select UK galleries. In 2023, she was awarded the Lady Hamlyn prize by Chelsea Arts Society.
Polly lives in North Somerset (near Bristol, UK) and much of her work is inspired by the surrounding landscape and the South West Coast.
Exhibitions
Emily Hadley/ Number 13 Gallery, Devon Open Studios, 6th and 7th/ 13th and 14th September 2025
Cricket Fine Art (Hungerford/ London) ‘Summer Exhibition’ 15th July - 29th August 2025
Cambridge Contemporary Art, ‘Summer Exhibition’ 12th July - 7th September 2025
Mayne Gallery, (Devon) ‘Resonance; where different voices echo the same land’ (duo show) June 28th - July 28th 2025
Cambridge Contemporary Art, ‘These Gentle Lands’ (duo show) 6th - 29th June 2025
Emily Hadley/ Number 13 Gallery, (17 Midland Rd, Bristol) ‘Dive’ curated by Emily Hadley and Suze Riley, 25th - 29th June 2025
Chelsea Arts Society, (Chelsea, London), 76th Annual Summer Open Exhibition, 18th - 23rd June
Cricket Fine Art, (Hungerford/ London) ‘55 Christmas Present Ideas for under £2000’ 30th November - 31st December 2024
Cambridge Contemporary Art, ‘Mixed Winter Show’ November 2024 - January 2025
The Brownston Gallery, (Modbury, Devon) ‘The Winter Exhibition’ 23rd November - 21st December 2024
Open Studio (at home, Long Ashton, Bristol) Sunday 1st December 2024
Cricket Fine Art, (Hungerford/ London) October 2024
Cambridge Contemporary Art (Cambridge) ‘Summer Exhibition’, June 15th - 1st September 2024
The Brownston Gallery (Modbury), ‘The Light Beneath’ 24th May - July 31 2024
Domenica Marland (London) Spring Show 2024
Silson Contemporary (Harrogate) Spring Show 2024 (January - April 2024)
The Gallery at Green and Stone (Fulham, London) Works on Paper 2024 (January 2024)
The Russell Gallery (Putney, London) Christmas Show (November 2023 - January 2024)
Style Your Spaces (Edinburgh) November Art Drop, November 2023
Open Studio (at home, Long Ashton, Bristol) Saturday October 28th 2023
The Other Art Fair (London) October 12th - 15th 2023
The Paragon (Cheltenham) 10 Year Anniversary Show, Summer 2023
The Russell Gallery (London) Mixed Summer Show, June - September 2nd 2023
Limekiln Gallery (Calstock, Cornwall) Spring/ Summer Show 2023, 25th March - 1st July 2023
Chelsea Art Society 74th Annual Exhibition (London), June 2023 WINNER of the Lady Hamlyn prize
