Reflection - Self Portrait (Evening), 1986
A major retrospective of Edwin's career was held at the City Art Centre, Edinburgh from 4 Aug 2018 till 10 Feb 2019. During the exhibition, Picture of the Month illustrated each phase of his career in turn, using some of the 60 works that were exhibited.
This is the final painting in the exhibition. Its original title was Evening, but Edwin later renamed it Reflection - Self Portrait. It is, as the exhibition label says, a contemplative yet uncompromising exercise in self analysis. Helen Scott says in her book Edwin G. Lucas: An Individual Eye:
"This was among the final works that Lucas completed before his failing health brought his career to an end. It shows the artist overlooking Edinburgh from the top floor of the family home in Ann Street. Part-way through its development, he explained to his son Alan that the left-hand section of the painting was meant to symbolise his past, whereas the right-hand side reflected his future."
This is the final painting in the exhibition. Its original title was Evening, but Edwin later renamed it Reflection - Self Portrait. It is, as the exhibition label says, a contemplative yet uncompromising exercise in self analysis. Helen Scott says in her book Edwin G. Lucas: An Individual Eye:
"This was among the final works that Lucas completed before his failing health brought his career to an end. It shows the artist overlooking Edinburgh from the top floor of the family home in Ann Street. Part-way through its development, he explained to his son Alan that the left-hand section of the painting was meant to symbolise his past, whereas the right-hand side reflected his future."
