Born in the UK Lynne worked as a graphic designer moving into design training in 1978. 20yrs in vocational and tertiary education followed. Joining the cultural sector and arts management in 1998 she retired to Tasmania in 2017 from the position of Director of Exhibitions & Collections at the Art Gallery of WA. She has worked in partnership with international institutions to present renowned artworks in Perth. Entering a new chapter of her career she now has a focus on her own art practice.
Like many she is often inspired by the patterns in nature. Her current interest is with the linear qualities and depictions of the broader landscape. Apple Isle, the vernacular name for Tasmania, brands the maker and content with the small island state.
Work always begins with the fabric, which can be painted or dyed. Panels are improvised-pieced and then over worked with free motion and hand stitching. Vines boogie woogie has a noticeable change of palette from previous works which was inspired by the stunning fleeting autumn flush of the Tamar vines changing colour. The composition of her more recent works is also more abstracted, maintaining a notional horizon but with more ‘syncopation’ to the piecing.
A Monochrome Morning
Retail Price: A$1500
Dimensions: 66 x 129cm (H x W)
Statement: Fogs in the Tamar Valley are commonplace but never ordinary. Inspired by an early morning ‘white out’ which has obscured the whole valley I’ve tried to nuance the white-on-white subtleties by layering different textures of white fabric, organza and shadow trapunto and working trees in a monochrome palette
Exhibition: AQIPP 2023
Apple Isle Series: Ploughed Fields
Retail Price: $1500
Dimensions: 59 x 186cm (H x W)
Statement: There is an art to everything …and art in everything. My work took inspiration from a tractor driver’s canvas of ploughed fields north of Oatlands. Impressed by the precision and whimsy of concentric circles circling stands of trees I abstracted the patterns, textures and colours to depict an autumn landscape
Exhibition: Island Quilts Best Mixed Media
Apple Isles Series : The grapes are in
Retail Price: A$1000
Dimensions: G109x64cm (H x W)
Statement: .The Tamar Valley daily presents a different picture …the whiteout of foggy mornings or, as in this work, the brilliant colours of leaves changing on the vine. I suggesting perspectives, and create distance and movement through overstitching and quilting
Exhibition: Golden Treasures 2023
Apple Isle Series: Vines Boogie Woogie#2
Retail Price: A$250
Dimensions: 40x40cm (H x W)
Statement: Autumn vines paint the Tamar Valley in vibrant stripes of yellow orange and green. Working with improv columns of custom dyed fabrics, over worked with machine and hand stitching, I’ve tried to capture the vibrancy and visual ‘music’ of the changing of season.
