Wild Ground: A Window Between Worlds

Lucy Fricke is a current junior in painting at Rhode Island School of Design. This past summer, Lucy was Audubon's “artist in residence.” Apart from helping out around the property, Lucy spent hours observing, sketching, and connecting with the animals and landscapes around her. These studies led to all the pieces in Wild Ground: A Window Between Worlds. Lucy creates unbound, open-ended works that invite viewers to lose themselves in the unknown. Using uncontrolled acrylic pouring, oil sticks, crayon scribbling, overlapping drawings, and collage, she embraces spontaneity and discovery, reflecting nature’s unpredictability and boundless creativity. Ultimately, her work acts as a portal for the viewers to experience the human need for fantastical discovery, wonder, and connection to the unknown and untamable ground nature offers.