Lynn Rix

medium: painting

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Contact information
10000 N Range Line Rd
Mequon, WI 53092
Email Address: LrixHome@aol.com

Artist statement
I paint because I love the challenge of looking at a familiar scene and simplifying it into shapes, colors and my own vision. I primarily paint "en plein air"; however, I also work in the studio from still lifes, live models and some photos used as reference tools. Painting "alla prima," with quick brushwork and a limited palette, forces me to work spontaneously. I strive to give the viewer a quick snapshot of that particular moment in time, an impression of an effect of sunlight that I felt to be beautiful. I began painting while living in the south of France. I was physically and emotionally compelled to try to put on canvas the beauty of the area's atmosphere, sunlight, buildings and everyday life. It was impossible not to find inspiration in the same region where Matisse, Renoir, Cezanne, van Gogh and countless others had set up their easels. It's an inspiration that has sustained me in the pursuit of creating the fresh canvas.

Biography
Lynn Rix has been a designer of children's clothing, a maker of one-of-a-kind Santa Clauses and a designer of hooked rugs. Her painting career began in 1995 while living in Vence, France. She has taken numerous workshops both in France and the United States studying with alla prima / plein air artists Mitch Waite, Sally Duback, Camille Przewodek, Mike Graves, Betty Billups, T.A. Charron, Chris Magadini, David Curtis, Rosalie Nadeau, Mary Ulm Mayhew, Shelby Keefe and Tom Nachreiner.

Rix is a member of Oil Painters of America, the Cedarburg Artists Guild, Wisconsin Plein Air Painters Association, Boca Grande Art Alliance, Plymouth Art Center, Museum of Wisconsin Art, League of Milwaukee Artists and is an active board member of Artists Working in Education. She has been an invited artist to Milwaukee's Open Canvas and her work has been accepted into numerous national and regional art shows winning several awards.

She is represented by The Lakes Gallery of Fine Arts, North Lake (www.lakesfineart.com); The HangupGallery, Neenah; and Janus Gallery, Madison. Her paintings are in both private and corporate collections.