Lynn Scott

I use objects to represent people and symbolize ideas. Earlier paintings are still life without boundaries.  Objects float, for example to show instability in a transitional period of life.  Ordinary things, often overlooked in our busy world, tumble and surge through the canvasses.

In my series “Borders and Boundaries” I explore the idea of breaking down barricades.  Using the ever day, of plates, feminine adornment and flowers, my paintings fracture the objects and in some cases, give them life.  I am expressing that with creative thinking, barriers both big and small can be overcome or altered.

My large plate paintings represent my life in 2 cities, one in San Francisco and one in San Diego.  A kimono, made to be hung between the two plate pieces, one side representing San Francisco and one side representing San Diego.  I have other pieces that represent a sense of place, of transitions of discovering something new.  These pieces involve San Diego, San Francisco and Seattle. The recent life transitions I have gone through.  Each of these cities is on the Pacific Ocean, but each is very different and has a different sense.

The bead and ribbon pieces or “Self Portrait 1 and 2” are some of my own objects and represent, feminine entanglements, multitasking, holding and letting go.

My newest pieces are done by using the ancient art form of encaustics, which involve painting with melted bees wax stabilized by the addition of damar resin.  These pieces involve many layers of melted wax, oil paint, papers and objects.  Each layer is fused with a heat gun.  The many layers give these pieces the look and feeling of great depth.  Many of my encaustics represent water; these watery pieces symbolize different states of human emotion, once again reflecting the movement of the still life without boundaries series.  The great beauty of living in the Puget Sound area as well as experiencing the currents in the water by kayak has inspired these encaustics.