Lynn Soehner

Lynn Soehner

Location: Canada

LYNN SOEHNER SCA CFS VISUAL ARTIST

tigereyecan@gmail.com
www.lynnsoehner.com
www. lynn-soehner.artistwebsites.com

Born and educated in Toronto, Ontario, Lynn Soehner is an internationally known professional artist whose paintings in acrylic are recognized for being graphically bolder with rich, exotic colors, offering a kind of cadence or rhythm which evokes the “Spirit of Place”.

Soehner’s work is frequently used on products and in magazines to convey the “feeling” of the location. Her work has been featured in Kauai Magazine, Summer Edition, 2003, a cover on the Kauai Visitor Guide, October 2003, selected for the cover of Malie Kai Chocolates, 2004-2010 (available in high end stores throughout Hawaii, Continental USA, Canada and Japan), the cover of Poetry Canada, Spring 2005, article in Spirit of Aloha, May/June 2005 and March 2008, on the cover of “The Future Looks Bright”, published 2006, Toronto Star September 4, 2006, Fine Art Connoisseur December 2006, featured image of Cornerstone52 Foundation 2007-2009, featured image of Ontario Ministry of Investment and Trade 2007, cover “The Poetry of Peace” publication 2009, David Noble’s 2degreesC Tour across Canada 2009, and the featured artist with a limited poster produced for “May Day in Hanalei Bay” 2011. She was one of twenty-five contemporary artists who formed the group known as Arctic Quest that embarked on a spiritual journey to the Arctic in July 2006, celebrating the crossing of the northwest passage 100 years later, followed by a touring exhibition throughout Canada and the USA.

Exhibitions: Participated in over 150 solo, group, and invitational shows, of which more than 50 were juried

Awards and Commissions: Received more than 25 awards including the Kahn Gallery Award. Over 25 commissions have been completed in Kauai and Canada

Collections: More than 500 images in private and public government collections throughout the United States, Canada, Japan and the British Isles

Education and Life Experience:
- BA. and BASc. York University, Canada
- MASc. University of Toronto, Canada Haliburton School of Fine Art, Canada
- Instituto d’Allende and Belles Artes, San Miguel d’Allende, Mexico
- Toronto School of Art, Canada
- Ontario College of Art and Design, Canada

Art Affiliations:
- Arctic Quest (2005) www.arcticartists.com
- Colour and Form Society, Elected Member (2005) www.colourandformsociety.com
- Society of Canadian Artists, Elected Member (2003), Secretary (2003) , Director and President (2004-2006)
- Kauai Society of Artists, member (1990), past director and secretary (1991-1995)

Represented by:
ALOHA Images, Kaua’i, HI
Barber Gallery, Guelph, ON
Denison Gallery, Toronto, ON
Georgina Arts Centre & Gallery, Sutton West, ON
Jordan Art Gallery, Corsicana, TX
Malie Kai Chocolates, Honolulu, HI www.maliekai.com
Nohea Gallery, Honolulu, HI

Website representation: www.artincanada.com/lynnsoehner/index.html, www.absolutearts.com,
www.arcticartists.com, http://museumoceanlife.blogspot.com (environmentally aware website), http://lynn-soehner.fineartamerica.com (prints available), www.yourart.com


Portfolio:

Rocky Mountain Views

Acrylic on canvas
30"x 36"

Rocky Mountain View #2 “Rocky Mountain View #2”

There’s really nothing quite as breathtaking as standing at 8,000+ feet overlooking the majestic snow-capped mountains of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, the sun warm on your face, wisps of clouds a couple hundred feet below, mountain ranges extending far into the distance. It’s like stepping into a panoramic scene from Planet Earth, into a landscape so grand and spectacular, it’s hard to believe that such magnificence exists, let alone your finite human capacity to appreciate it.

Rocky Mountain View #1 “Rocky Mountain View #1”

There’s really nothing quite as breathtaking as standing at 8,000+ feet overlooking the majestic snow-capped mountains of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, the sun warm on your face, wisps of clouds a couple hundred feet below, mountain ranges extending far into the distance. It’s like stepping into a panoramic scene from Planet Earth, into a landscape so grand and spectacular, it’s hard to believe that such magnificence exists, let alone your finite human capacity to appreciate it.

Rocky Mountain View #4 “Rocky Mountain View #4”

There’s really nothing quite as breathtaking as standing at 8,000+ feet overlooking the majestic snow-capped mountains of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, the sun warm on your face, wisps of clouds a couple hundred feet below, mountain ranges extending far into the distance. It’s like stepping into a panoramic scene from Planet Earth, into a landscape so grand and spectacular, it’s hard to believe that such magnificence exists, let alone your finite human capacity to appreciate it.

Rocky Mountain View #5 “Rocky Mountain View #5”

There’s really nothing quite as breathtaking as standing at 8,000+ feet overlooking the majestic snow-capped mountains of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, the sun warm on your face, wisps of clouds a couple hundred feet below, mountain ranges extending far into the distance. It’s like stepping into a panoramic scene from Planet Earth, into a landscape so grand and spectacular, it’s hard to believe that such magnificence exists, let alone your finite human capacity to appreciate it.

Rocky Mountain View #6 “Rocky Mountain View #6”

There’s really nothing quite as breathtaking as standing at 8,000+ feet overlooking the majestic snow-capped mountains of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, the sun warm on your face, wisps of clouds a couple hundred feet below, mountain ranges extending far into the distance. It’s like stepping into a panoramic scene from Planet Earth, into a landscape so grand and spectacular, it’s hard to believe that such magnificence exists, let alone your finite human capacity to appreciate it.

The Elements of Abstraction

Abstraction ranges from the meaningless abuse of paint to the most lofty and exciting of surfaces. Each effort can be a creative event--a vehicle for the mysteries of the subconscious mind and an opportunity to flirt with pure forms, symbols and metaphors. It's an art of hiding and disclosing. More than simply playing with the materials, abstraction is a discovery of motifs that happen to be part of a painter's personal legend. Personality counts. Abstraction also holds the promise of dreams, fears, fetishes, fancies, intangibles and wills.