Vessels, Nature and Buddha

Lynda Bunnell is a painter from Southern California. In 2012 she was led to express her creativity through the ancient art of weaving pine needle vessels, one of the oldest and most storied art forms in history. She would harvest and hand dye her raw materials, learning more about color and its impact. In 2018 a new creative path opened for her, unexpectedly, through the “art birthday party” her friend held for her; it was an initiation into a new momentum filled chapter of her life.

Lynda paints in layers, often starting with a minimal color palette, line-work and collage to set the stage to begin a story. Often the initial story is buried among multiple layers of paint, cold wax or encaustic, giving a sense of depth and history. On each layer, she combines the abstract with realism using acrylic paint, signature mark-making, scraping tools, and oil sticks. Her paintings are built up by adding and subtracting, sanding back each layer to create a sense of history, similar to old timeworn doors and walls she has discovered in ancient areas of Europe or North Africa. It brings to mind the Asian term “Wabi Sabi”; the compelling beauty of decaying things.

“My work is very much about my journey to discover self. In most cases, I don’t start with a specific plan, as my process is a conversation. In the beginning, I set the stage for a reciprocal dialog. Although mostly abstract in nature, there is an underlying visual order that gradually seems to emerge. Working experimentally through response, I enter a realm of the unknown where there is more of a following than deliberation. I continue on the journey of exchange with the artwork until the conversation simply concludes.”

Artist/sLynda BunnellMediumAcrylic, oil, encaustic, mixed mediaWebsitewww.lyndabunnellart.comEmaillynda.hdc@gmail.comInstagramwww.instagram.comShow DatesDecember 17, 2024 - December 30, 2024Reception DateSaturday, December 21, 2024Reception Time2:00 PM - 5:00 PMReception LocationGallery 21