Lucy McCann was born in Armidale NSW Australia. She studied fashion and dress design at The National Art School which gave her a grounding in draftsmanship and design. She won a scholarship to model with June Dally-Watkins and continued to model with the agency while designing clothing and accessories with the fashion design label, Cue. At this time Lucy was asked to design images of Australian themes for sloppy joes and sandshoes, so the study of screen printing was undertaken, also at The National Art School.  She has been a teacher of art for 26 years, in Australia, New Zealand, Italy and London.

Together with husband Barry McCann, they run McCann Fine Art and teach in two studio spaces on their property, in Armidale NSW Australia.