My paintings begin with an experience of nature. I paint and sketch outdoors when the weather permits, recording visual information in my sketches, making note of sounds and smells, and absorbing the mood and feel of the day. If the paint is freezing on my palette or the driving rain is soaking my paper, I still enjoy immersing myself in the play of light across the snow or the smell of wet earth. When I can't work outdoors, I work from sketches, photos, or natural objects gathered earlier, or I visit nature indoors at conservatories, museums, even garden shops. I strive to record the healing and uplifting touch of the natural world in my work in a form that is available even when the direct experience of nature is not. I paint for everyone--myself included!--who'd like to be able to spend more time outdoors. Although I have natural forms and colors in mind as I work, I am more interested in creating a mood--of calm reflection, joyful exuberance, mystery or wonder--than in depicting a particular scene or telling a particular story. My goal is to create a painting that will have the same effect on the viewer as time spent contemplating nature. I hope you find peace, renewal, healing and happiness in viewing this work.

With an undergraduate degree in biology and a longstanding interest in ecology and environmental studies, Lynne has spent many happy hours immersed in the images the natural world, but for many years her study of nature was more scientific than artistic. Upon completing a Ph.D. in mathematics at the University of Kansas in 1994, Lynne came to Minnesota to teach mathematics at Carleton College. "Although I loved the warm and fascinating people of the Carleton College community, the fast-paced, high-stimulus environment seemed to be out of sync with my more contemplative and solitary nature," she says. In 2001, feeling that she had drifted from her core interests, she left Carleton, but with no clear idea what her next step might be.

Over the course of the next year, she spent a great deal of time outdoors sketching and writing in a journal, listening for clues to the new direction her life should take. In the end, she realized that she had already taken that new direction, as she slowly returned to her childhood absorption in closely observing and recording the natural world, but now with the eye of an artist.

Believing that many people share the need for greater opportunities to contemplate nature, Lynne strives to bring the experience of being immersed in nature to others through her art. "I feel very fortunate to have the opportunity to spend time outdoors observing nature," she says, "and then I get to stretch that experience out when I'm back in my studio putting the images and feelings into my art. I hope to share that with my viewers, especially those who aren't able to spend a lot of time outdoors themselves." Lynne is especially happy to have work on display in the Hudson Hospital's Healing Arts Program (27 Feb - 20 Jun 2004). "I keep striving to capture the feeling of being in nature, and observing closely," she says, "even when a painting doesn't actually represent some particular object. I hope people come away from my paintings refreshed, feeling like they've reconnected with the natural world in a healing and uplifting way."

With original artwork ranging from 3x5" to 21x29", as well as a few limited editions giclee reproductions of some of her work, she has pieces to fit any space and budget. As well as offering original artwork based on her own favorite images, Lynne is happy to work with collectors to create a work of art based on their favorite images, colors and moods from nature

Lynne Baur
1830 Dutch Heritage Court
Baldwin, WI  54002-5155

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