I am an abstract artist and my quest is to find the right balance between the intuitive mark making and a structure to hold the marks together and avoid chaos. My artwork is created with many layers and marks. I do believe in structure as an important factor in all art. I like to start my paintings with a red underpainting then draw from nature. I keep branches in my studio which I use for shapes and starting compositions. Then I develop the layers and carve into the different layers to reveal the red underpainting. I currently am experimenting with the Zorn palette which comes from a Swedish artist who used a very limited palette. My favorite tools are my fingers.

My paintings evolve and change yet my roots in painting started many years ago in college when painted abstractly and studied De Kooning and Diebenkorn. I am still studying these artists and painting abstract art.
Lynne Buchanan