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Artist Statement:
When I paint I am standing in
the desert alone, facing the
vast horizon, the pale
gradations of sand,
sand-colored rock,
sand-colored plants,
sand-colored sky. There is
nowhere to look for relief.
I work on a canvas in layers
over days or weeks. The
painting's past affects its
present, leaving traces and
influences that subtly or
dramatically guide what
happens next. Acrylic is the
perfect medium for me because
it dries fast. I work quickly
while the paint is wet,
covering the whole canvas. The
next day I rework it.
When I go to the blank canvas
it is upright on an easel.
Loud music plays in the
background. I dig deep for the
anger, the melancholy, the
inexplicable energy and
exhaustion of daily life, to
express it in a large gesture.
Audacious color. Reckless
line.
I struggle with the canvas,
building it up and breaking it
down. Very often a hideous
accident occurs: the paint
does not flow evenly from the
tube; colors clash in careless
abandon; irregular drips and
splotches dot the surface. My
eye is offended by what it
sees.
My passion is to tease this
ugliness, this unlikely blend
of colors and ...
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Artist Galleries:
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Artist Reviews:
Excerpts from COLOR CONTRAST
by Stan Bowman, Professor
Emeritus of Cornell University
Art Department
Review reprinted from The
Ithaca Times, 12/12/01, p. 14
Red is the color of fire, hot,
moving, sometimes dangerous.
It is also the color of blood,
that vital substance necessary
for all human life. ...
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Collections:
Let's Gel, Inc., Austin, TX
Educational Testing Service,
Princeton, NJ
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute,
Boston, MA
Real Capital Analytics, New
York, NY
Stratum Developments, Inc.,
Alberta, Canada
Advanced Liquid Logic, Cary,
NC
Matrix Public Health Cons.,
Inc., New Haven, CT
DG Groep, The Netherlands
T-System, Inc., Dallas, TX
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Commissions:
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Exhibitions for Lynne Taetzsch:
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Solo Exhibitions:
2007 Abstract Refractions, Upstairs Gallery, Ithaca, NY
2006 Black & White & Color, Tompkins County Airport, Ithaca, NY
2004 Featured Artist, Arts Crawl, The Gallery at Hawthorne Plaza, Overland Park, KS
2004 Fundamental Energy, Shangri-La Gallery, Ithaca, NY
2002 Color on Color, Borders Books Cafe Gallery, Ithaca, NY
2001 New Work by Lynne Taetzsch, Clinton House ArtSpace, Ithaca, NY
2000 Improvisation in Color, Community School for Music & Art, Ithaca, NY
2000 Recent Paintings, Tompkins Cortland Community College, Dryden, NY
1998 New Acrylic Paintings, Gallery for the Arts, Mt. Sterling, KY
1991 Recent Works, Astrea Gallery, Washington, DC
1990 Acrylic Paintings, Division of Cultural Affairs Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
1990 Selected Paintings, President's Gallery, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
1990 Recent Acrylic Paintings, Hartley Gallery, Winter Park, FL
1988 Paintings by Lynne Taetzsch, Friends of Jung Gallery, San Diego, CA
1971 Oil Paintings, The Revelation, New York, NY
1964 Recent Oil Paintings, Paula Insel Gallery, New York, NY
1963 Paintings by Lynne Taetzsch, Irvington Public Library, Irvington, NJ
Group Exhibitions:
2007 Group Exhibition, Syracuse Technology Garden, Syracuse, NY
2007 Global Tribe, 6-person show, Monkdogz Urban Art, New York, NY 2007 The New Abstractions, 3-person show, Hopper House Art Center, Nyack, NY
2006 Maj'Beldd, 8-person show, Monkdogz Urban Art, New York, NY
2005 ALTERnatives, four-person show, Wired Gallery, Bethlehem, PA
2005 Group Show, Bellaza Dentro, Nevis, West Indies
2005 Alchemy of Color, eight-person show, State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca, NY
2002 Redefining Art, Avenue Art Gallery, Endicott, NY
2002 Summer Invitational, Period Gallery, Omaha, NE
2002 Invitational, State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca, NY
2001 Greater Ithaca Art Trail at Red Newt Cellars, Hector, NY
2001 A Woman's Work is Never Finished, International Museum Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2000 Greater Ithaca Art Trail at Red Newt Cellars, Hector, NY
1999 Recent Works by Lynne Taetzsch and Wyman Rice, The Kentucky Gallery, Lexington, KY
1999 Six-person show, Soho South, West Palm Beach, FL
1998 Juried Show, Masterpieces of Maturity, Loudon House, Lexington, KY
1998 Juried Show, 33rd Annual Central South Art Exhibition, Nashville, TN
1992 Juried Show, Art on the Lake, Reston, VA
1992 2nd Annual Cultural Resources Juried Exhibition, LeMoyne Art Foundation, Tallahassee, FL
1991 Three-person show, Artforms Gallery, Sarasota, FL
1991 Tenth Annual September Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA
1991 Juried Show, Hoyt National Art Show, New Castle, PA
1991 Juried Show, Aesthetics 91 Exhibition, McPherson, KS
1990 Juried Show, Westmoreland Arts Nationals, Greensburg, PA
1990 Juried Show, Thirteenth National Art Exhibtion, World Trade Center, New Orleans, LA
1989 First Place Prize, Juried Show, Foothills Festival of the Arts, La Mesa, CA
1989 Exhibition of Korean and American Women Artists, Modern Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1988 Group Show, Cosmopolitan Art Association, Seoul, So. Korea
1988 34th National Juried Exhibition, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
1988 Group Show, Rogue Graphics, San Diego, CA
1985 National Juried Color Show, Castle Gallery, Billings, MT
1985 Group Show, Goff Galleries, Winter Park, FL
1972 Group Show, Ithaca House Gallery, Ithaca, NY
1964 Juried Show, Donnell Library, New York, NY
1964 Juried Show, Dollar Savings Bank, New York, NY
1964 Group Show, Design Center-Mason Art, New York, NY
1964 Emily Lowe Competition, New York, NY
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