Lucy Winton
Lot #210
Bunny Haunt 2021 2021
Ink graphite acrilyic on paper
Est. Value: $1,000
This is one of a series of rabbits making mischief with predators. A common device in fairy tales. And why resist it! I prefer nocturnes for creatures—it insinuates the beatific and magical. I like a mix of illustrational tropes. I like trends from the romantic era.
Born in 1956 in Boston, Massachusetts, Lucy Winton began her unconventional career as an artist by becoming a paramedic in 1980 for the city of New York. As a young artist, she was breaking ground in the international art scene working with mixed media and creating earthy yet otherworldly compositions. April Gornik, a recent curator of Lucy Winton's work, described her art as "a meditation on our relationship to each other and the greater world outside ourselves.