Lucia Coates is an award-winning artist, originally from Norfolk, Virginia, now living in Lynchburg where she is a co-owner of Montana Plains Bakery. Lucia studied Studio Art at Randolph-Macon Women’s College and has work in the Randolph College Maier Museum permanent collection. Lucia’s exquisite and quiet paintings of still lifes, often featuring tables, dishes, and fruit, have won wide recognition in juried shows over the years. Her latest work takes its inspiration from gardens, and the bright palette and sensuous flowers have already begun to win awards, including the Royal County Arts Award at the 2019 Annual Lynchburg Art Festival.