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Any amount raised over and above £2250 will support The Arts Programme at The Royal ...
Royal Marsden Critical Care Staff Team Portrait
London, Greater London, United Kingdom
Aim
To buy a museum quality acrylic cover for a painting of the Royal Marsden Critical Care Staff team.
Lady Lucy at The Royal Marsden
with two Portrait drawings of Critical Care Staff.
Hello, I am raising money for a charitable cause that is very important to me so please donate and help me reach my target in aid of
The Royal Marsden Arts Programme.
This will fund an acrylic cover for the commissioned painting that I have made in participation with the Critical Care Staffing Team at Royal Marsden, Chelsea.
Anything you can contribute towards helping me achieve my target will be massively appreciated !
The Project
Foundation of Kindness, Shared Experiences, Shared Burden - is a large group portrait painted and collaged by me, the artist Lady Lucy in participation with 40 staff members of the Critical Care Unit (CCU) at The Royal Marsden in Chelsea. The painting needs to be sealed for health and safety purposes, so the cover can be wipeable.
Over the last 18 months I have been artist in residence in the Critical Care Unit spending time getting to know the staff by offering portraits in exchange for their thoughts around their lives and occupation, working in Critical Care oncology.
All staff on the unit were invited to take part and 40 members got involved in the project. The painting takes a non- hierarchical approach to staff involvement and representation. The project aims to improve staff wellbeing in the post pandemic era.
Margaret, matron of the Critical Care Unit:
"It has been a difficult time through the pandemic both psychologically and physically for the staff team. Through the portrait sittings staff were able to verbalise how they felt working in critical care, and the text became part of the drawings and painting. Team work is at the core of how we work, and this represents that idea and brings staff back together after isolation."
The outcome of the project is the large painting to be permanently displayed at the entrance to the CCU and 40 portrait drawings that will be gifted to the staff.
Due to health and Safety regulations we need to raise £2250 to buy and install a professional museum standard acrylic cover. The painting is large -3 x 1.5 metres - hence the cost. Without the cover the painting cannot be displayed. This is also a chance to showcase the project and get people involved.
Any amount raised over and above £2250 will support The Arts Programme at The Royal Marsden.
About Me
I am Lucy Woollett, the artist known as Lady Lucy, a name I have operated under for over 20 years. I have a connection with The Royal Marsden since my mother Alice, who was a nurse, sadly developed breast cancer and was treated and cared for by the hospital in the 1980s.
I make works and projects including painting, portraiture, collage, drawing, photography, moving image and events. My work is strongly informed by an interest in the social function and value of activities, as an artist. My work has been commissioned by Whitechapel Art Gallery, Southbank Centre, Museum of London, The Poetry Society and The Wellcome Collection. I completed my practice-based PhD at Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton and am currently anAssociate Lecturer on the BA Fine Art : Painting course at Camberwell College of Arts.
All funds received over the target amount, will also go towards funding the Royal Marsden Arts Programme
Anything you can contribute by donation and or a share on social media towards helping me achieve my target will be massively appreciated !
* Rewards*
£3 or more
Website Thank You
A thank you with your name on the project's dedicated website.
£10 or more
Large Foundation of Kindness Pin Badge 59 mm
Foundation of Kindness badge sent through the post, and thank you on the project website.
badge design by Lady Lucy
£15 or more
Large A 5 Postcard of the painting
Postcard of the painting with a hand written thank you sent by the artist
£22 or more
Care package
Postcard + Pin badge + Thank you on project website
£40 or more / £70 or more
Signed Giclee Print, + thank you on project website
Signed Gilcee Print of staff portrait drawing by Lady Lucy
Choose one for £40 , or both for £70
Signed A4 Giclee Print of staff portrait drawing : Option 1 : CCU Staff portrait sitting at work station
Signed A4 Giclee Print signed by artist Option 2 :CCU Staff portrait In a Hospital, there are so many people to learn from.
£95 or more
Foundation of kindness support package
Pledge £95 and above and receive, the set of two A4 Giclee Prints, large pin badge and postcard, + thank you on the project website.
£250 or more
A Portrait sitting with Lady Lucy
Portrait painted of you or your loved one by Lady Lucy in a medium of your choice + thank you on the project website
Thank you for your support !
This project successfully funded on 17th April 2023