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Peter Lynn


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Born: Peter Lynn. June 19, 1950. Brooklyn, New York, USA.

Lives and works in New York City.
He lived in St. Maarten for three years in the the early 80’s. As his parents live and own a gallery in Grand Case on the Caribbean island of St. Martin, he has been back many times for extended stays.


EDUCATION:

BA, magna cum laude with honors in fine arts, from Brandeis University and MFA from the University of Iowa.

PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST:

His interest in art dates from early childhood, his father a sculptor and mother a painter. Family vacations were spent painting and antiquing in villages along the New England and Canadian coast. At the age of four, Peter Lynn sold his first painting at the well-known Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibition in Greenwich Village, New York City.

Twenty five years ago he began exploring relationships between the basic elements of color, form, line and texture on a flat plane - the canvas. At that time his paintings were purely abstract. He was interested more in the visual impact and felt that recognizable subject matter was distracting.

During the following years he developed the technique of first applying layers of color and then covering the entire surface with thin, vertical, hand painted lines. The resulting image was one of unique interplay between color, light and texture.

Living in such varied places as the Lower East Side of Manhattan (NYC), the West Indies and the Southwest, Peter Lynn has always been inspired by the local culture, architecture and landscape. He began to incorporate these images into his work while maintaining its unique visual aspect.

EXHIBITIONS:

His works have been shown and are today represented in art galleries and collections throughout the United States, Europe and the Caribbean. He was invited to exhibit his work at the Figuration Critique at the renowned Grand Palais, Paris France.

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