Born in the woods of Northern Wisconsin and shaped by its wide-open quietude, Ondrea Vicklund has always felt the pull to make things—first on her mother’s walls, later in galleries, video games, magazines, murals, and design studios. She studied fine art and illustration at the Academy of Art in San Francisco, and spent years creating for others: as an editorial illustrator, concept artist, co-founder of a wallpaper company, and custom muralist.

Today, her work is guided by something deeper—more internal. Based in Mill Valley, Ondrea paints both en plein air and in the studio, chasing light in conversation with the land and in rhythm with the feminine form. Her pieces are composite moments: a tree catching sun, a cliff glowing before dusk, tide breaks pulling into shadow, the body echoing the curves of a hillside. Nature leads, and she listens.

This body of work marks a return—not just to painting, but to presence. To the body. To the artist within. To the voice that doesn’t ask for permission.