Tag Archives: Lynn Scott-Cumming

Close to Tears

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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Dreams Continue

Thanks to the wonderful team at Umbrella Contemporary Arts my Dreams of Verdant Decadence exhibition has been extended until the April 21st. One advantage of being downstairs is that the vault space isn’t in constant use, unlike the upstairs exhibition … Continue reading

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From the mundane to the magical

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

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

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

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.

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Dreams of Verdant Decadence

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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Writing About Place Workshop

This workshop is one of the many fabulous events occurring as part of PUNQ @Pop-Up North Queensland – PUNQ https://www.facebook.com/punqfestival $50 per person | 2hrs | 8 participants | 18+2-4pm Sunday 1 August 2021 Discover how words can reveal hidden … Continue reading

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Time passing in the phases of the moon

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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