Think of a clear day and the colors of Lynn F. Walker’s paintings will vividly come to mind. With bravura brush strokes and the colors of sea and sky, Lynn is able to capture a fleeting moment in one’s life on canvas. Whether it is young children playing, an interior scene, or a luscious bowl of fruit, Lynn gives the viewer a glimpse of a private scene.
Think of a clear day and the colors of Lynn F. Walker’s paintings will vividly come to mind. With bravura brush strokes and the colors of sea and sky, Lynn is able to capture a fleeting moment in one’s life on canvas. Whether it is young children playing, an interior scene, or a luscious bowl of fruit, Lynn gives the viewer a glimpse of a private scene. With light splashing across her canvases she illuminates both the painting’s subjects and the viewer’s memory, inviting him or her to establish an immediate personal connection with the image.
With skill and a joyous freedom, Lynn completes a painting with a style all her own, one which is representational with an abstract genius. Lynn’s style allows her to focus on the implied intricacies of the painting’s subject, rather than the expected details. She communicates emotions with her strong sense of color and shape. The abstract assemblage of elements in her paintings allows the onlooker to assign his or her own experience to each and every work. Her paintings are simple in setting, yet complex in emotion.
Lynn always dreamed of being an artist, but her love for children led her first into a teaching career. She received her BA from Rhode Island College and her Master’s Degree in education from Boston University. Although she painted even when she was teaching high school, she did not study art seriously until after her two daughters were born.
At the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts in Old Lyme, Connecticut, Lynn’s studies began with an emphasis on the traditional methods of drawing under Peter Zallinger, Dean Keller and Dan Gheno. She was also fortunate to have the opportunity to take workshops with David Leffel, Harvey Dinnerstein and Charles Movalli.
At the Florence Griswold Museum, home of American Impressionism, Lynn took the opportunity to paint summers in the William Chadwick Studio. She passed her winters in the museum itself, copying the master impressionists.
Since Lynn’s first solo sold-out show in early 1994, she has gained recognition from collectors and admiration from patrons throughout the world.
