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Lucinda (Lucy) Ash (born 1955) is a British abstract painter who has also worked in film and design. Her work draws on her emotional response to love, death and injustice. She is an active supporter of LGBT rights.

Education and early life
Born in London, to a mathematician/brewer father Michael Ash and Canadian mother Dulcie (née Orme). She was a student at Central Saint Martins followed by Camberwell College of Arts where she studied sculpture and gained her BA. Lucy lives and works in London. Her most recent work deals with the importance of equality and compassion in the world.

Works
Lucy Ash's works have been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions in the UK. She has also shown internationally in New York and Amsterdam. In London Ash is represented by Highgate Contemporary Art. Her painting is developed in series rather than one-off works, focusing on specific themes: Rhythm, Love, Injustice, Dimensions and Time, that she explores in depth. An active supporter of Gay Rights, in 2011 she exhibited the series ‘Wrong Place, Wrong Time’, at The William Road Gallery, London, designed to raise awareness of hate-crimes. This work is an emotional progression throughout eight canvases, ranging from Defiance to Acceptance and was painted as a response to the brutal homophobic attack on Ian Baynham, which led to his death. A short film, interviewing Ian Baynham’s sister about the attack was made featuring Ash’s ‘Wrong Place, Wrong Time paintings’. Interestingly, the final piece from this series, If You Tolerate this your Children Will Be Next, has the same title as The Manic Street Preachers’ 1998 hit-single.

In her exhibition 49 Frames of Love (2012) at The Heartbreak Gallery, London, the title-painting '49 Frames of Love' was appraised by the gallery's director, Nathalie Martin, as addressing the idea of what is hidden, covered up or concealed in love. Ash's Calendar series makes up part of her Time series. She creates a large painting annually that holds within it miniature paintings that capture each day of the year.

In 2015, Ash exhibited her Sum of Parts triptych, which depicts the three components of chalk: Carbon, Oxygen and Calcium, at Winchester Cathedral as part of the 10 Days Chalk Exhibition.

Other
Lucy Ash is responsible for the design of the Sony Radio Academy Awards logo and brand identity. She also wrote and illustrated the cookbook A Taste of Astrology and The Astrological Cookbook. The book was excerpted by Gourmet Magazine USA throughout 1988 from all 12 sections of the book, a full page in each issue with a recipe and an Ash drawing. She has worked on numerous animated films including Alan Parker's Pink Floyd - The Wall, Dianne Jackson's Granpa and The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends, as well as numerous commercials.