Lynda Lehmann

Profile

Joined: May 2008

Please visit Lynda Lehmann Painting & Photography to see more of my work, or my blog, Peripheral Vision, to view images and read ideas about art and life.

I’m an American abstract painter and photographer with a passion for color and the forms of nature. Even as a young child, I felt awed by the wonders of nature. As an adult, I realize that my love of beauty has inspired my life.

My paintings are energetic and active, reflecting the intricacy and changing flow of consciousness, as well as the impermanence of what we call “objective” reality. My work exhibits order within chaos, much as we experience layers of organization within the complexity and disorder of both civilization and the natural world. While my appreciation for the beauty of reality is expressed through the realism of a camera, my paintings are marked by passages of vibrant color, gesture, and rhythm.

When I paint, I prefer the ambiguity, freedom and musicality of abstraction. For me the act of painting is like a dance that connects me to the elemental and primordial forces underpinning our shifting and evolving everyday reality.

My photographs provide an intense joy and engagement for me, as well, and include nature scenes as well as close-ups of minerals, shells, and botanicals, and unique views of everyday objects.

I’ve shown my art in numerous juried and solo shows in the New York area. A complete list of group and solo shows is available upon request.

I enjoy writing and have finished numerous short stories and four novels with feminist and earth stewardship themes. I’ve tabled the writing for now, in order to do art, but I hope to get back to it someday. I love our planet and hope that through art, we will reinforce our connection to nature and our resolve to protect our home.

My Work Featured In a Group

“Wreath of Hope” was featured in the group The Healing Journey about 13 hours ago

“Elegant Topography” was featured in the group Nature’s Macro Canvas about 1 month ago

“Elemental Vision” was featured in the group Digital Abstracts & Patterns 5 months ago

SOME OF MY ART NEWS:

“PERIPHERAL VISION,” a solo show of my abstract acrylic paintings at the Alfred Van Loen Gallery on Long Island, ran from February 9 – March 6….Art critic Nicholas Forrest has designated me in an article at Saatchi Gallery Magazine as among his “Top Ten” artists to be watched….Gabriel Chapman published an article about me at Talent Speaks….I had two digital works shown from October-November 2007 at D’Arts 2007 Festival, Arthouse Veszprém, Hungary….Molly Childers interviewed me for her series on Creativity Portal. I’ve posted the link to the interview below….ART WORLD PROJECT will earn money for three children’s charities. “Flower Songs” will be part of AWP….On my blog Peripheral Vision, I share my art and ideas about art and life….Water Tapestry” was shown in “The Art of Digital Imagery,” the Center for Fine Art Photography exhibit in Fort Collins, CO, last July….”Co-Existence” received an Award of Excellence at Medial 2 Art Biennial….Don Archer of MOCA has posted some of my images in a Guest Gallery. The Museum of Computer Art is one of the most respected computer art museums on the Web….You can also read my thoughts on creative process, including “Art and Power,” at Creativity Portal.