tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939857316909930127.post6287229613887237889..comments2023-11-02T06:13:26.468-07:00Comments on Beneath the Bracken: Revisiting the bones of the earth through the sea.Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01674923395134039554noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939857316909930127.post-3851743091010135522011-09-03T01:21:26.767-07:002011-09-03T01:21:26.767-07:00Thanks for your comment, Tom. There is something ...Thanks for your comment, Tom. There is something about Dartmoor that has quite captivated me - you are so fortunate to be living there, and in such a wonderful, creative community! I'm hoping to be able to explore Dartmoor again before too, too long, though I'm sure that my week-long forays are nothing like actually living in that land.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01674923395134039554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939857316909930127.post-59570410707312793492011-09-02T13:12:35.429-07:002011-09-02T13:12:35.429-07:00Great stuff. I love the words and I love the image...Great stuff. I love the words and I love the images too.<br />Dartmoor is one of the most inspiring places I've ever known. I'm blessed to live here. After 20 years in Scotland, I didn't think I'd ever live in England again - I hadn't been to Dartmoor. Now, here with Rima, I've discovered a paradise of rock and earth and tumbling water. I love it. The land is mysterious and unfathomable as land should be...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00644698182428824562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939857316909930127.post-48378546607558463212011-08-23T01:18:11.929-07:002011-08-23T01:18:11.929-07:00Thank you, Stephanie. I also love to read about ...Thank you, Stephanie. I also love to read about what inspires other artists, and it's fun to share ones own inspiration.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01674923395134039554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939857316909930127.post-37352042926684694912011-08-22T18:53:50.124-07:002011-08-22T18:53:50.124-07:00beautiful, beautiful work Lynn! So nice to see you...beautiful, beautiful work Lynn! So nice to see your work here and read about your inspiration :)Luna Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04443762474570589348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939857316909930127.post-59794408327170819542011-08-10T04:00:04.163-07:002011-08-10T04:00:04.163-07:00Thanks for visiting, Milly. Hope you had a good t...Thanks for visiting, Milly. Hope you had a good time at Robin Hood's Bay. It's a place I would certainly recommend a visit to. <br /><br />Yes! Alan Lee and Brian Froud are two amazing artists bringing the fabulous to life.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01674923395134039554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939857316909930127.post-5592744802956393392011-08-08T12:20:26.844-07:002011-08-08T12:20:26.844-07:00I was showing my husband your Robin hoods bay post...I was showing my husband your Robin hoods bay post, now we have been there. I saw your reference to Alan Lee, who I did not realise was with Brian Froud, illustrator of my "Faeries" book. <br />I enjoyed this post for many different reasons. It is interesting to hear what inspires your work.MILLYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15701141335185294744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939857316909930127.post-56945883464662738842011-07-30T11:56:00.759-07:002011-07-30T11:56:00.759-07:00Thanks for your comment, Sue. There is something ...Thanks for your comment, Sue. There is something magical about Dartmoor which keeps me coming back to it - in person (though not as often as I'd like) and in my thoughts and painting. <br /><br />Munich is a lovely place to live. I have two young boys, and it's such a child friendly city with great proximity to lakes and the foothills of the mountains.<br /><br />Still - I often feel the pull of some of England's landscapes...Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01674923395134039554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939857316909930127.post-39575266342342301242011-07-30T10:43:44.789-07:002011-07-30T10:43:44.789-07:00Thank you for sharing these thoughts about what in...Thank you for sharing these thoughts about what inspires your artwork. The luminosity of your paintings is amazing. I love Dartmoor, too - I spent magic holidays there and remember not only the rough charme of the landscape, but also the wild horses, menhirs (standing stones) and... it's bilberries! Delicious wild blueberries we feasted on. <br />I lived in Munich before moving to England 10 years ago - sometimes I feel a bit homesick!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18200908063407895848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939857316909930127.post-49760681598920254822011-07-30T00:39:27.991-07:002011-07-30T00:39:27.991-07:00Thanks, Debu.
I'm glad you followed the link...Thanks, Debu. <br />I'm glad you followed the link to Rebecca's blog. Her work is fabulous and her posts always insightful.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01674923395134039554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939857316909930127.post-83742977491704415182011-07-29T11:45:28.665-07:002011-07-29T11:45:28.665-07:00Hi Lynn,
Beautiful post. Loved Dartmoor snaps and...Hi Lynn,<br /><br />Beautiful post. Loved Dartmoor snaps and your ongoing work and process. Also thanks for sharing Rebecca Crowell's blog. She looks amazingly active artist. <br />Best Wishes for your works in progress. :)Debu Barvehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06360617698254138963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939857316909930127.post-50428540394736069982011-07-29T00:18:12.383-07:002011-07-29T00:18:12.383-07:00Thank you, Roisin. I always find it fascinating t...Thank you, Roisin. I always find it fascinating to see what inspires artists. So glad you liked the work! <br /><br />Thanks for your comment, Ruby. <br />It got me thinking about how a writer and a visual artist express their experience of certain things - such as the land - differently. Do they feel it differently, or in the same way and only express it in different forms. For me, who does both, the deep-level experience is the same, and then later, when I'm trying to work it out/express it, it takes different directions depending on whether I'm in my writer's hat or painter's hat - and lately I've been enjoying wearing both at the same time. Something I'm going to think about a bit more, as I tend to make these decisions on a more intuitive level.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01674923395134039554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939857316909930127.post-77346307971016020452011-07-28T07:22:04.759-07:002011-07-28T07:22:04.759-07:00Hello Lynn,I like your blog title.....a lot goes o...Hello Lynn,I like your blog title.....a lot goes on beneath the surface! Your paintings have a luminous and enigmatic quality,very pleasing.<br />It's interesting what you say about land,for me this energy moves on a level beyond words,but no doubt for writers it operates through words.<br /><br />Best wishes,<br />RubyForest Dream Weaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00392409469020504212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939857316909930127.post-69299658365692144482011-07-26T12:14:34.316-07:002011-07-26T12:14:34.316-07:00I'm with Layers, this is definitely a post to ...I'm with Layers, this is definitely a post to come back to! I adore the colours and textures in your paintings, and it's so wonderful to be able to actually see your inspiration. Stunning work my friend!Róisínhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17221357100369170369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939857316909930127.post-66992340424993966962011-07-21T04:32:03.198-07:002011-07-21T04:32:03.198-07:00Thank you, Donna. I'm really enjoying playing...Thank you, Donna. I'm really enjoying playing with these ideas. I find you have a beautiful use of marks in your works. I also love the choice of images you use: nest and crow and naked tree...all very similar in their feel to certain gestural lines and markings.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01674923395134039554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939857316909930127.post-1887351782033151892011-07-20T21:44:10.950-07:002011-07-20T21:44:10.950-07:00What a wonderful post-- I will have to come back a...What a wonderful post-- I will have to come back and read it again- very thoughtful and I love your works in progress- and I too admire line and gesture in Rebecca's paintings and Cy Twombly of course.. I just wish I could do more of it in my own paintings.layershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10991288165260934778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939857316909930127.post-7456321870654184712011-07-20T07:13:10.939-07:002011-07-20T07:13:10.939-07:00Thank you, Carrie. I remember years ago, looking ...Thank you, Carrie. I remember years ago, looking at certain design elements in Mayan art, and seeing the same patterns as appear on ancient Greek art and having that wonderful awareness of just what you mention here. There is somehow something both exciting and comforting in that. <br /><br />Donna, thank you. It is an interesting exploration. And I find that working on a hard surface (rather than the bouncy surface of stretched canvas) encourages me in different directions to any spontaneous mark-making I've done with my other paintings. <br /><br />Thank you, Claire. I was only familiar with a bit of Cy Twombly's work before - and that just through photos in books and so on. But there's a new gallery here in Munich that has a large collection of his paintings (The Brandhorst) and there is one room in particular that has a group of paintings which I find particularly striking. I keep meaning to go back, but somehow it just never happens! <br /><br />Jan, thank you for your comment! I do like the idea of an exchange - though at the moment I'm feeling myself spread a bit thin as I try to get things up and running here. Perhaps down the road a bit, when things here simmer down somewhat. Hope you're enjoying your vacation.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01674923395134039554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939857316909930127.post-74621587968356040082011-07-18T06:10:46.313-07:002011-07-18T06:10:46.313-07:00If I wasn't so self-involved at this moment (v...If I wasn't so self-involved at this moment (vacation) I would be leaving a deeper, more aware comment. But I know what I like and I do like/love your new oil and cold wax on wood works-in-progress ... lovely texture ... cool connection to early symbols ... you've got it going on Lynn. Keep at it.<br /><br />And maybe we can even do an exchange someday? I have done portrait commissions before, and I can easily imagine that you are a beautiful inside and out person ... that it would be great to paint you. No worries on this being a rush thang ... I will no doubt bug you about it at some later date. :O)<br /><br />What's your snail mail address? Would you be willing to send me an email posting that? Don't worry about sparing my feelings on that: playfulside@gmail.com<br /><br />Your new-er blogpal,<br />JanJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12879541207987895748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939857316909930127.post-30380466466218938582011-07-16T12:44:48.033-07:002011-07-16T12:44:48.033-07:00Lynn, those paintings are beautiful! And your desc...Lynn, those paintings are beautiful! And your description of Dartmoor is wonderful.<br /><br />I've read a little about Cy Twombly here and there since his death but I have to say I wasn't familiar with his work, I'm only just discovering it. <br /><br />The idea of incorporating elements of writing into your work is fascinating. How fantastic to be an artist as well as a reader and writer and to be able to combine those passions. I am more than a little envious! I look forward to seeing more of your work in progress.Claire Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12466995265143493376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939857316909930127.post-76475807686417827722011-07-15T23:57:48.647-07:002011-07-15T23:57:48.647-07:00What a beautiful and thought-provoking post, with ...What a beautiful and thought-provoking post, with a title that wraps it all together wonderfully well. I am thoroughly enjoying your exploration of the ways that image and story may be mixed, and I look forward to seeing how this shapes up in more of your gorgeous work.<br /><br />And this: "I've long been attracted to Dartmoor both for it's impressive landscape and for its stories and legends. The idea of the landscape shaping the stories which grow out of it is one I find endlessly fascinating."<br /><br />Oh, yes!Donna~Q~https://www.blogger.com/profile/15516927570570110567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939857316909930127.post-15690060543136284162011-07-15T12:30:56.144-07:002011-07-15T12:30:56.144-07:00What an interesting post, and such expressive pain...What an interesting post, and such expressive paintings - the first two almost shimmer with their own inner light.<br />I've always found ancient mark making so fascinating, in caves or carved into rocks, and especially how the earliest symbols from far opposites of continents show such similarities - like a kind of primal consciousness or connectedness. Your Dartmoor paintings appeal to me very much for these reasons and also for the lovely colours and textures in the paint that remind me of those lichened crags and tors... <br />Carrie... :)Windsongs and Wordhoardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12211375575810428500noreply@blogger.com