Lynn’s interest in art started when she was 7yo and won an art competition at her father’s work in the UK. But after starting full time work at 15yo she had little time to devote to art until 7 years ago when she retired and took a short photorealism coloured pencil course to keep her occupied through retirement. Even though she has no formal training, she likes an eclectic range of artists and this shows in her work and the mediums she uses. Lynn took every opportunity to informally study art and artists such as Leonardo DaVinci, Van Gogh, Picasso and Turner over the years. Lynn is based in Australia and has been since she moved there at the age of 21.
Now working with acrylics and watercolours Lynn’s principal focus in art is to create the feeling of freedom and light in a painting. She is particularly interested in cloudscapes over the sea or the countryside with a key focus on the majesty, enormity, changing nature and depth of clouds. Lynn’s current style of work has been described as inspiring, thought provoking and soothing. Her previous work on pet portraits in coloured pencil, that she still does on request from time to time, has often brought the owner to tears when looking at the captured personality of their pet. Experimentation is a key creative aspect of Lynns work and often will include different mediums in the same painting to obtain a sought after ‘feeling’ in the work.
Lynn seeks her inspiration from the sky and the world around her and firstly captures its changing and often dramatic nature in a photo. She then works hard to replicate this to show the light, luminescence and drama to create a work of art that people will be inspired by. More recently Lynn has been following a British artist called Gaye Clear who she believes has captured the true majesty, enormity and intricacy of cloudscapes. Lynn’s hopes for the future are to perfect her art in cloudscapes to make it collectable and then look for more ways to expend her creative energy via art.