Painter
Lynne’s Bio:
My passion for art began in mid-life. In the early years, my love was music and my education was in nursing. Motherhood then became my focus. After raising three
children with my husband, my creative yearning began.
I began by studying and practicing the techniques of the Masters. First I studied drawing, and then turned to painting. Transparent watercolor is my medium of choice because of the many challenges it presents. I am a figurative artist and love the sensitive character of portrait studies. I work from life to capture that special personality; however I also use photographs to study the nuisances of color and shadow without hindrance of time. I prefer candid images—seeking to grasp just the right expressions.
Figures are my first love, but I find joy in all living things and love painting plants, flowers, animals and even those wonderful insects.
I search for the challenge of new techniques, new ideas, and I am always on the quest for another character study.
Artist Statement:
I began painting and am a Signature member of the Florida Watercolor Society, as well as, a member of the Florida Artists Group. Watercolor, with all of its many challenges would be my favorite medium—graphite and acrylic to follow. I love to paint people, but really almost anything alive—animals, insects, foliage—and want to convey their story. My quest in the journey of art would always be to capture their essence.
Select Exhibitions:
Juried Competitions
2008 Melvin Gallery—Second Place
2008 Florida Artists Group Acceptance
2007 Ashe County Arts Council-NC
2007 Ridge Art Association—Award of Merit
2006 Lighthouse Center for the Arts-Tequesta, Florida-Merit Award
2005 Arts on the Park, Merit Award and Honorable Mention
2005 Bartow Art Guild–Best of Show
2005 Lake Wales Fine Art Exhibit, Best of Show, First Place-Watercolor
2004 “Granny’s Dolly” Florida Watercolor Society 33rd Annual Exhibit-
Gadsden Art Center, Quincy, FL
2004 Lakeland Art Guild, Merit Award
2003 “Wonder” Florida Watercolor Society 32nd Anniversary Exhibit, Orlando City
Hall-Terrace Gallery, Orlando, FL
2003 Visual Art Center of Panama City, Honorable Mention
2003 WASH National and International Watercolor Show-Houston, Texas, Special
Judges Recognition Award
2003 Lakeland Art Guild Melvin Gallery, First Place
2002 “River Man” Florida Watercolor Society 29th Anniversary Exhibition-Appleton
Museum of Art, Ocala, FL
2002 Lakeland Art Guild, People’s Choice Award
2001 Orlando Museum of Art, My painting was chosen to commemorate Grandma
Moses in the 21st Century
2001 ”Good News” Florida Watercolor Society 30th Anniversary Exhibition-Harriet
W. and George D Cornell Museum of Art and History, Delray, Beach, FL — Pathfinder Award
1999 “Our Lacemaker” Florida Watercolor Society 28th Annual Exhibition, Dunedin
Fine Art Center Gallery, Dunedin, FL
1999 Florida Watercolor Society Signature Membership
1998 “Treasurers Bagged Daily” Florida Watercolor Society Museum of Arts and
S ciences, Daytona, FL
1997 “Meditation” Florida Watercolor Society 26th Anniversary Exhibit, The
Melvin Gallery, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL
Purchase Awards:
2002 Lakeland Public Library, competition winner celebrating 75 years with the
Diamond Jubilee Award
Invitationals:
2007 Maltz Dinner Theater-Jupiter, Florida
2005 Polk Community College-Fine Arts Gallery,
Winter Haven, Florida
2004 Platform Florida-Reality and Illusion, Lakeland, Florida
2006 Jupiter Medical Center Exhibit-Jupiter, Florida
1998 Artists Ask Artists-Ridge Art Association,
Lakeland, Florida
Mural Commissions:
2007 First Presbyterian Church-Classroom area
2006 First Presbyterian Church-Mural on canvas-Jesus and the Children
2004 Bartow Historical Museum Mural
Published Recognition:
2007 Spring and Fall issues
My work was recently published in the “Presence”:
An International Journal of Spiritual Direction.
2006 Artifacts Winter issue
2005 Artifacts Fall issue
2003 Artifacts Fall issue
2003 Artifacts Spring issue
1999 Artifacts April issue
Membership:
Florida Artists Group
Florida Watercolor Society (Signature Member)
Lakeland Arts Guild Arts on the Park
Ridge Art Association