Lynne Friedman
website: www.mountaincloud.com
email: lynfrie@aol.com
Biography:
Fauve landscape painter Lynne Friedman has had six solo shows in New York City galleries and was chosen for the US Dept of State Art in Embassies Program. Her work has been included in exhibits at the Albright Knox Museum and the Attleboro Museum and is included in numerous private and corporate collections including Pfiser, IBM, McGraw Hill and the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Sarasota. She has been awarded art residencies through the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and the Erpf Center for the Environment. She is listed in the 24th Edition of Who's Who in American and received a BA/MFA from Queens College and studied at the New York Studio School. Samples of her work are viewable on her website: www.mountaincloud.com
Artist Statement:
My paintings explore the intersection between man and the natural world. Primal experiences of nature interest me- storms, turbulent waters, rocky terrain combined with sense memories and non-rational experiences wired into the most basic part of our beings. I have explored themes related to our experience of majesty, awe and reverence when confronted by vast expanses of space, the sculptural quality of mountains, the power of storms, rushing waters and the heat of desert lands.
My painting ideas start with encounters with nature. My process involves painting small plein-air oil sketches and pen and ink drawings. Thess studies become the source material for larger paintings constructed in the studio where my method is more constructive and empirical.
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