Lynn Shanks – 2-D Painting

Artist reception will be held.  The public is welcome!

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Lynn Shanks is an emerging painter working mainly in acrylics, focusing heavily on the landscape. She is influenced by both impressionist and abstract landscape artists and inspired by the ordinary beauty of nature. Realism is not the goal; Lynn uses heavy paint and brushstrokes in a way that suggest light, shadows, depth, and movement. She seeks to bring the viewer into the scene, offering her art as a reminder that our natural world must be preserved and protected from the threat of overdevelopment and climate change. The Adirondack Region where she lives is a constant source of inspiration.

As Lynn’s style is always evolving, she also experiments with watercolor and ink, and in other subject areas. She paints birds and explores portraiture, and uses art to express her views on women’s issues.

Lynn always had a passion for art and desire to create. A degree in visual arts management provided studio experience and a connection to the arts throughout her career, but it wasn’t until 2023, at the age of 57, that Lynn’s quiet, nearly forgotten dream of becoming an artist was realized. Chronic illness prompted an early retirement, allowing her the time and introspection to refocus. She now spends at least 20 hours a week in her studio and has produced more than 60 works in the past year.

Several of Lynn’s paintings have been exhibited through North Country Arts and Saratoga Arts, and she has been selected for an upcoming two person show by Lake George Arts Project’s Arts in Public Places program. Lynn lives and works in Queensbury, New York.