About

Lucy Rollins is a Burlington-based artist whose ink drawings are inspired by the boundless detail in the natural world and her affinity for repetitive work. Through her meticulous drawings, the artist hopes to create both real and imagined landscapes that evoke presence, awe, and slowness. Lucy hand-draws thousands of circles, whose varying sizes create depth, shadow, form, and scale. When drawing from her imagination, she lets shapes form without much of a plan and finds joy in the resulting abstract patterns. Lucy's process is emergent, careful, time-intensive, and requires a steady hand. As a vegetable farmer for nine years, Lucy cultivated her love for tedious work and integrates concepts of macro and micro into her drawings. In addition to using black ink, the artist makes elements of the land even more integral to her work by using natural pigments including pinecone ink, indigo, wine, and coffee.

Lucy’s stationery line is a manifestation of the delightful, endearing, and awkward nature of human interaction as well as the wonder of the outdoors. She intends to provide honesty and comedy through these spirited creatures and their imagined thoughts.

Lucy studied Studio Art at Williams College and has a Master's in Social Work Degree from the University of Vermont. She currently works as both an artist and psychotherapist in the Burlington community. When not in the studio, she tries to return to the peace and wonder of the natural world as frequently as possible.

You can find my work on Instagram @LucyRollinsArt.