Category Archives: Visual Art

Close to Tears

Posted on 19/03/2024 by Lynn

A friend sent me a text with comments about Dreams of Verdant Decadence and I was quite overwhelmed. With her permission it is reprinted here: “But when I entered that sanctuary of your labours wrapped in poetry from the heart … Continue reading →

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From the mundane to the magical

Posted on 28/02/2024 by Lynn

It’s amazing what lighting can do for an installation. Some of the flowers in Dreams of Verdant Decadence are pretty without the UV lights but as can be seem in this collage of the same flower and leaves with and … Continue reading →

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More in the Decadence corridor

Posted on 22/02/2024 by Lynn

Hi Folks, It seems I can’t help myself. With only a couple of weeks left of my exhibition, I’m still drawing on the walls. It’s fun to ‘sneak’ in and add some more, though I do wonder if any of … Continue reading →

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Subconscious Shenanigans

Posted on 13/02/2024 by Lynn

This Dreams of Verdant Decadence installation consists of two parts: the flowers etc. in the vault itself and scribbled black drawings and text in the corridor outside. My stated aim was that the richness and profusion of shapes and colours … Continue reading →

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Installation Fun & Games

Posted on 13/02/2024 by Lynn

Talk about cutting a fine line. I was still installing Dreams of Verdant Decadence right up until people started arriving. Granted this was the wall drawings in the corridor approaching the vault. I really would have liked a day or … Continue reading →

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Santa’s riding a heatwave this year. Stay safe, stay cool and have a brilliant 2024.

Posted on 24/12/2023 by Lynn
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Dreams of Verdant Decadence

Posted on 20/12/2023 by Lynn

I have an installation opening on February 2, 2024 at Umbrella Contemporary Arts, Townsville, in the downstairs Vault Space. For the past few months, I have spent most nights binge watching TV and making plastic flowers. Plastic flowers sound awful, … Continue reading →

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Time passing in the phases of the moon

Posted on 10/05/2021 by Lynn

Already there is less than a fortnight before most of the prints in Moon Phase: Chasing Transcendence are consigned to a drawer in my already art-cluttered house. It closes on the 23rd May. If you haven’t yet been, I hope … Continue reading →

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Poetry & Print

Posted on 20/04/2021 by Lynn

Over a three month period this year, I wrote over thirty poems as an adjunct to my print exhibition, Moon Phase: Chasing Transcendence. I’ve inserted one page I designed with both the image and the accompanying poem. When writing I … Continue reading →

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Caught having a cuddle

Posted on 20/04/2021 by Lynn

After having been photographed numerous times at the opening of Moon Phase: Chasing Transcendence, I thought I could sneak a quiet cuddle in with my very supportive partner and fellow artist, Graeme Buckley! I was wrong. This is one of … Continue reading →

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