Lynn Tarnoff

"We are not machines, designed and made to fulfill only a series of preordained conformists tasks, but creative creatures, capable of the most astonishing new adventures. Much, if not most, of our motivation is irrational and unpredictable events even to ourselves, so that, when we take hold of any substance to make our imprint upon it, the results may be wholly unexpected.... When technique serves only to release a true creative talent, the flow of action seems effortless and natural. Technique by itself has nothing to communicate except the fact that he who uses it has found nothing of his own to say." --John Burton It is the intent of the artist to respond to her own inner voice and to that of the world around her. She challenges all who observe her work to enter the world of fantasy. Viewing Lynn's paintings is like searching for the different shapes that each of us sees in cloud formations. She develops her paintings to capture the images she sees emerging in the multiple layers of watercolor glazes. These high color impressions evoke different interpretations from each viewer. Her visuals reflect Joni Mitchell's lyrics, "I've looked at clouds from both sides now, from up and down and still somehow, its clouds' illusions I recall, I really don't know clouds at all."