Norlynne Coar
Taos, NM
On the Edge of Space
Oil on canvas
43" x 38"
2018
$4500
About
Norlynne Coar is an eclectic, multi-media artist who works mainly in paint, photography and clay. Her work as an artist reflects her interests, philosophy, experience.
She was born in 1949 and grew up on the California coast. From an early age, her parents encouraged creativity and the practice of art and music. She studied Cultural Anthropology and Eastern religions in college and has traveled extensively. She is a perpetual student of the arts, photography and film.
Coar has lived in Taos off and on since 1979 and has been a working artist since the 80s when her work was exhibited in Taos, Santa Fe, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Her paintings and prints have been included in many corporate collections and public venues. With ocean water in her veins, she lives in a world of blue and motion that recurs in her work.
Artist Statement
I am a searcher. I like to look into the surface of what I see and to consider it from differentperspectives, attempting to discover something new, or something beyond, in the process. Working in series, I want to see motion or an evolution of my subject, to depict it in different ways or see it transform. My work evolves as one piece inspires another, and it often bridges the representational world with the amorphous world of space. In a sense, the work is both infinite landscape and infinite space, as the work draws you in beyond the image and into experience. For me, art is an expression of the artist’s life and evolution and is most interesting when it reflects the artist’s vision and philosophy over time. The process of making art is an internal conversation and journey of discovery, and I want the viewer to take a journey of one’s own – to a place, meditation or feeling – or to see the world through my eyes.
Art from Norlynne Coar in other TAAC exhibitions
This is Norlynne Coar's first TAAC exhibition