Weaving together pattern, light and color builds the complex layers behind the work of Lynn Van De Water. Through the lens of early masters, she applies attentive details as she arranges her compositions. A playful use of mediums and designs juxtaposed against a stimulating backdrop allows her flow of creativity to speak volumes.
Claggett/Rey Gallery, Lemons are Yellow, oil, 16 x 20", by Lynn Van De Water.
During a recent trip to Italy, Van De Water manipulated the free form of situating the inside world against the outside environment. Working directly from her Italian villa’s finestra in the Bergamo countryside, the artist composed her next arrangements. Sweeping the bounty in an armful of flowers and greenery from the grounds of the villa, she arranged her bouquet against the pillowy clouds and horizon. Vineyard Roses captures a warm breath of the Bergamo sun, the arrangement luminously bathed and backlit light while messages of the arid horizon flank the star of the scene as they dance off the canvas.
Claggett/Rey Gallery, Lemon Scarf, oil, 36 x 36", by Lynn Van De Water.
For Lemons are Yellow, Van De Water challenged herself to paint sensual lemons using only a touch of their natural color, resulting in a piece that takes on a glow of its own. The fluted white vessel is approached with a similar joust, painting what is seen and not simply remembered.
Claggett/Rey Gallery, Vineyard Roses, oil, 20 x 16", Lynn Van De Water.
The embracing subject evokes the pearlescent glaze of reflected light from an overcast sky nearly devoid of titanium pigment. The special significance of this painting is the incorporation of her grandmother’s “flower power” scarf from the 1960s—a personal yet elegant element. More of Lynn Van De Water’s work can be enjoyed in person at Claggett/Rey Gallery in Edwards, Colorado. —
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