Windswept

Monica Gaspo
Intro to Visual Arts
Windswept

Linzi Lynn grew up with a passion for theater. She went to theatrical school because her parents thought her way for finding drama in everyday life would make her a great performer. However, she found that her true passion was to correlate her love for theater and drama and reflect that through painting people and animals. She discovered this later in life after she was married and had a family. Her studies in theater taught her how to express and search for emotion in the outside world. Lynn is able to express drama in both deep and dark art work, and vivid and bright art work. She finds inspiration through other artists, her travel experiences and the people that she meets. Her way of expressing emotion through color makes is easy for her viewers to take away their own individual thoughts about the works.



Windswept is a limited edition canvas painting that has been on sale since 2008. Linzi Lynn is known for capturing emotions through vivid colors and distinct lines. This painting stood out to me for many reasons including the way in which the woman’s hair is blowing forward, and the extreme colors. I feel as though the artist is trying to express this woman as care free and emotional. This painting reminded me of the quote, “letting your hair down”. The woman looks as if she is letting go of her emotions that are shown through the colors in her hair. I also am observing that the woman’s skin is more muted colors than in her hair. I feel this was done on purpose to express specific emotions that the painter is trying to express. After taking in my first impression of this painting I feel as if there is a deeper meaning than just the expression of emotion. I feel as if she is trying to express movement and motion of the emotion. It feels as if the emotions are blowing off the woman. Her expression on her face seems serine and content, as if she was able to realize why things have happened to her.
Linzi Lynn’s paintings are all original and dramatic. They are meant to form emotion through color and lines. This is different from other artist, which contains many objects in their paintings because Lynn usually uses only one object full of color and drama. Her paintings are modern and contemporary and are focused on feeling and passion. Lynn’s way of using both her talents, painting and theater, makes it possible for her to create paintings that express a certain emotion at a specific moment in time. She cycles through inspiration sometimes being dark and exaggerated, and currently being vibrant and extremely expressive.