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Upcoming Exhibition November 2023 – SHADES OF SILENCE

Posted on September 22, 2023 at 7:13 pm by

Following on from a recent Artist Residency in Finland, artist Lynn Lobo paints her meditations on silence and light. The exhibition Shades of Silence is an exploration of the sensory experience of deep snow, expressed through a subtle colour palette of oil paint.

Please come and share in this offering.

I am also offering a 4 part gouache painting workshop in conjunction with this exhibition. You can find out more about the workshop by clicking this link: GOUACHE PAINTING FOR TRAVELLING

You can read more about the Finland residency via the blog posts below.

  1. MOST INTIMATE
  2. ON SILENCE
  3. FINLAND RESIDENCY REFLECTIONS
  4. PRESENCE
  5. THE PATHLESS PATH – AN INVITATION

 

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THE PATHLESS PATH – AN INVITATION

Posted on July 29, 2023 at 9:30 am by / 0

Above Image: INVITATION

Oil on linen, h: 40cm x w: 40cm

When the sun emerges from a cloud, the invitation arrives. The sun momentarily lights up the invitation. I linger on the threshold and notice the pull of the forest. Eyes closed, I feel compelled to enter. Have you ever been invited into a forest by the forest itself? Has that path been presented to you? As you linger on the threshold, dare you enter? And where would you go?  Read More

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PRESENCE

Posted on June 25, 2023 at 6:30 am by / 1 Comment

Painting above: PRESENCE, h:45cm x 60cm,

Oil painting on linen mounted on aluminium panel.

I’ve been thinking about PRESENCE lately. What does the word mean? We have all heard the advice to ‘be present in the moment’, or we refer to someone else having ‘presence’. These ideas imply that presence is a deeply felt experience.

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FINLAND RESIDENCY REFLECTIONS

Posted on April 11, 2023 at 5:13 pm by / 1 Comment

Featured image above: The completion of a residency, gouache studies on paper. One month of painting.

“I am always doing that which I cannot do, 

in order that I may learn how to do it”. 

Picasso

I have been considering how the artist residency at Arteles Creative Centre is set up to maximise the possibility for entering a flow state. A flow state requires both discipline and concentration. It is a state where we integrate our sense of self. In deep states of concentration our consciousness is well ordered, according to psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. He wrote the book, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience

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SNOW STUDY- A Letter from Finland

Posted on March 17, 2023 at 7:00 am by

Featured Image: A view from the shed – gouache study on paper

Now into the second week of my residency in Finland, I realise my preconceived ideas for paintings have dissolved completely. The landscape here in early spring is incredibly challenging, new and so rich in colour. Each morning the light gifts me a new drama that I have never encountered before as a painter. Read More

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ON SILENCE

Posted on February 18, 2023 at 7:53 pm by / 1 Comment

The painting above is titled ‘RETURN TO THE MOSAIC’, oil paint on linen, 30cm x 30cm

Next week I head into an artist residency in Finland titled SILENCE. This residency is an opportunity for me to be mostly silent for 1 month in a forest, meditate and make paintings. It will be winter, cold and quiet. Coming from an Australian summer, I’m wondering what silence means to me as an artist, and as a human being while I prepare to travel to the other side of our planet.

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Most Intimate

Posted on January 16, 2023 at 8:32 pm by / 1 Comment

The painting above is titled Reflecting on Squares, oil paint on canvas, h:40cm x w:30cm

I’m preparing for a journey. I’ve been invited to an artist residency at Arteles Creative Centre, in Finland. The Residency is called SILENCE. It takes place in a forest during the month of March. It’s an opportunity to meditate, be silent and make art. I ask myself, ‘how do I prepare for this journey?’ Its cold, relatively isolated and on the other side of our planet for me.

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