Laurie-Lynn Mcglynn

My painting practice has been split into two distinctly different processes: Firstly, traditional painting on canvas displayed on the wall; and secondly, the creation of hybrid painting which focuses on process and the materiality of acrylic/latex paint. The latter uses steel mesh rather than canvas and is formed into large scale 3-d floor paintings. The former process, traditional painting on canvas, is my current practice.
My current research involves collecting personal interviews from friends and family about their memories of childhood, coupled with tangible materials such as photographs, postcards, letters, diaries, maps, vintage objects etc. The data is collated to construct a contextual framework, a narrative that will become a series of painted works. The work is testimony to preservation and/or deterioration of memory through time, the impact of trauma, and the surrounding environment.
The figurative paintings, which are still work in progress, infer a state of suspension; a presence that is captured within a memory, or the perception of what that memory was. Quell 1 and Quell 2 demonstrate the beginning of my exploration into the theme of memory, and the compositional challenges that are presented to me as a contemporary...

Masters of Fine Art, NSCAD University (September 2016 - January 2017)

Bachelor of Fine Art Hons. (with Distinction), University of Waterloo – June 2016

Bachelor of Arts Hons. History, Western University - 2011

INTERNSHIPS
Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery, Waterloo Ontario – Spring/Summer 2014
Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener Ontario – Spring/Summer 2014


SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Spencer Gallery, Western University, London Ontario, January-March 2011
Minto Heritage Gallery, Harriston Ontario, January 9 – February 21 2009
Queen’s Bush Café, Mount Forest Ontario, July 3-August 3 2008
Scotsville School of Arts & Crafts, Scotsville Nova Scotia, 2000
Annapolis Valley Art Centre, Annapolis Royal Nova Scotia, 1999
Inverary Manor, Inverness Cape Breton Nova Scotia, Christmas 1998


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Rocks at Gairloch Beach, The Meffan, Forfar Scotland, November 2023-January 2024

Art a’la Carte, Provençal Legislative Building, Queen’s Park, Toronto
2020-2021; 2021-2022; 2022-2023; 2023-2024.

‘I Think it’s Useful’, Gales Gallery, York University, Toronto, September 2017

‘Mixed Masters’, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax Nova Scotia, November 2016

‘Pedlar’s Shop’, Ross Farm Museum & Gallery, New Ross Nova Scotia,
September 2016

‘MOTUS II’, KW Library Theatre, Kitchener, Ontario, July 2016
‘ZENITH’, 4th Year Exhibition, University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Ontario, April 2016

‘MOTUS I’, The Button Factory, Waterloo, Ontario, December 2015

‘FLUX...