This website presents paintings by Edwin G Lucas, a Scottish artist who lived from 1911 to 1990. His paintings are Modernist in style and many feature Surrealist elements developed during the 1930s.

The site contains Edwin's Biography, Galleries of digital images, information about Exhibitions of the paintings, Publications about Edwin and his paintings, and links to Press articles and other news items. Please get in Contact if you would like more information.

Current Exhibition:

The Shape of the Night by Edwin G Lucas and The Cello Player by William Crosbie

Edwin's 1939 painting "The Shape of the Night" is back on display at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (on Level 2 of Modern One). The new display is titled "Surrealism: Picturing the Strange" and show-cases Scotland’s world class collection of surrealist art. It features international stars such as Salvador Dalí, Dorothea Tanning, Max Ernst, René Magritte, Joan Miró and Toyen. Scotland is represented by Edwin Lucas and William Crosbie. 

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Picture of the Month: Pentland Hills from Juniper Green, 1946

This watercolour shows the Pentland Hills as seen from the end of Baberton Crescent in Juniper Green. It's notable for the colourful array of vegetation in the middle-distance, on the far side of the main road. This area is now known as Dr Mackay's Wood, named after Dr Reggie MacKay who owned the land but gifted it to Edinburgh Corporation in 1939. A condition of the gift was that it be “kept as an open space and laid out as an ornamental pleasure ground". By the time Edwin painted the scene, in 1946, a so-called Fairy Gardens had been established there. Sadly these are no more, and trees planted in 2004 have been allowed to grow to the extent of largely obscuring the view of the Pentlands from this spot.

Pentland Hills from Juniper Green, 1946, Watercolour, 32cm x 43cm