Lynn Larson

 

 

Lynn's paintings are  filled with  clarity, color and vibrant energy. She is best known for her large floral watercolors.

 

As a young Catholic nun, Lynn studied art and design at Immaculate Heart College in Los Angeles, California. There, Lynn worked with artist and printmaker Sister Corita's Kent.

 

Lynn was first a serigrapher, hand pulling large folk-art-inspired prints in her garage in Southern California, and later in her studio in Carmel Valley. In the 1980’s, she turned to watercolor and drawing and began focusing on floral and colored pencil drawings. The painting struck a cord with many collectors. 

 

Lynn’s paintings grace the walls in homes, restaurants, and hotels in several countries and throughout the United States.

 

Locally, her work first gained public attention when she designed and painted the first Examiner Bay to Breakers running poster in 1982. Subsequently, she created posters for Highlands Inn, The Nature Company, Moscow International Marathon, just to name a few.

 

She is currently working with author and co-illustrator, Sanda Faulkner, to complete the illustrations on a children’s book:

The Adventures of Amelia True heart.



Drawing in garden

where she happily grows subject matter

Working inside, looking through a garden window

at sunflowers picked, then placed in bucket, and draped over framing,

where they will remain stationary  for a week or more while she records them

 

Drawing in garden with cat Kato

Below- process used to create large paintings using " marquets" to discover the color and line before committing watercolor to paper

Lynn's colors and brush strokes inside studio at beach

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Lynn started out by hand pulling serigraphs in the 70's

This is an early work ( NFS), we thought you might like to see her print making, influence by Corita.