Lucienne Mettam is an artist whose drawings explore perception as shaped by the often unseen connections between individuals, species, and environments. Working primarily in graphite on Yupo paper, she creates layered compositions where clarity and obscurity coexist. Raised in rural Maryland, Mettam developed an early attentiveness to landscape and wildlife, which continues to inform her work. While studying at Parsons School of Design, she was introduced to synesthesia, a framework that clarified her interest in overlapping sensory experiences and non-linear ways of seeing. Her training in fashion design sharpened her sensitivity to structure, material, and surface, evident in her restrained palettes, translucent forms, and nuanced textures. She lives and works between New York City and Maryland, where the contrast between rural and urban life has expanded her practice to include architectural forms and the psychological experience of the built environment.