Lynette O’Kane
Ranchos de Taos, NM
Lingua Franca
Mixed Media with plaster
30" x 30" x 1"
2024
$1200
About
Lynette O’Kane is a Taos based artist with an extensive exhibition history. Her works have been shown both nationally and internationally, with exhibits in New York, Los Angeles, Munich Germany and Frankfurt Germany, to name a few. She has obtained numerous commissions, both private and public, including a Percentage for the Arts commission in Kodiak Alaska, a public commission from the Center for the Study of Applied Ethnicity at Colorado State University and most recently, a commission for the private dining area at the Ritz Hotel in Bachelor Gulch Avon, Colorado. Lynette was the sole 2018 Artist in Residence at the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Reserve.
Artist Statement
My work is an investigation of time, change and transformation. The materials, including minerals, plasters and paints impart an earthy surface with distressed textures. These allude to the alterations of matter through aging and the weathering elements. Layering and transparencies contribute to the material’s language of metamorphosis from and to death and decay.
There is an underlying narrative to my work that encourages the material’s own story. Is it possible to transcribe the voice of elements? Is there a between the mutable boundaries our bodies and “the other”? Can one translate visually a language that is non -linear and somatic? Tell the tale and discover.
Art from Lynette O’Kane in other TAAC exhibitions
