This representative selection of Buttenshaw's work (some with comments by the artist) may be viewed by scrolling to the right. A further selection is shown in Gallery Two.
Art Alfresco's given theme of Baccus inspired Lucy in her piece Baccante and the Goat, (right) to consider a female bacchante who assumes the role of Baccus himself. Playfully in the painting she offers the goat some wine while holding precious grapes in her other hand. Originally Baccus was worshiped in the form of a goat or bull. Here he is somewhat at her mercy, waiting, hoping for the wine to flow.
Orange Food Week's 'Art Alfresco 2011' is a biannual group exhibition of paintings by invited artists. The paintings are displayed in the open air, on Orange Regional Gallery's South wall.
Catching his soul, was inspired by Stravinsky's 'The Soldiers Tale', In this interpretation, the Devil is using his butterfly net to capture the soldier's soul (represented by the violin).
This painting is part of a suite of Sodiers Tail works, last exhibited in 2011 as part of a group show at Orange Regional Art Gallery.
...This farm scene does not represent a specific view, instead it aims to give the impression of Lucy's surrounding landscape scattered with icons of farm life. There is a red tractor, a dam, a country town, a farm house, a fence, and livestock, with the lamb holding pride of place. ...
Farm, was selected as a finalist in the 2004 Country Energy (now Essential Energy) Art Prize 'Countryscapes'
....The dog waits for the dam to fill so he can go for his swims. The person drinks the water from the clouds the instant it begins to rain.....
Catching his soul, 2010
Acrylic on canvas 100x75cm
Collection of the artist
Breaking of the drought, 2003
Acrylic on canvas 100x75cm
Private Collection
Baccante and the Goat, 2010
Acrylic on sealed MDF 120x120cm
Farm, 2004
Acrylic on canvas 92x122cm
Collection of the artist