Lynn Keddie

I drift along the edge of abstraction and I often find myself diving into the deep realms of abstract expressionism, intuitively exploring the landscape of the natural world, of body, and of mind.

I use gestural marks, colour, and texture to describe, the connection I have with a place or an experience and its energy and the impact it has on me. I use acrylics and mixed media, building layers using a variety of tools such as rags, spatulas, bits of plastic, and card as well as brushes. Then I scrape back into the paint to reveal a rich, textured, and sophisticated story. There may be as many as 10 layers of work, some hidden or with only a speck being revealed.

I increasingly find myself painting what I feel, not what I see. A painting will reveal itself to me and after leaving it to settle for a few days I can read stories in the painting, which relate to recent experiences.

I work from my studio in The Silk Mill in Somerset, England.

Tutored by:
Nick Moore - RWA Drawing School 2020
​Liz Hough - St Ives School of painting 2020
Francesca Berlingieri Maxwell - RWA Drawing School 2019
Esmé Clutterbuck - RWA Drawing School 2018
Paul Gildea NEAC - Mall Galleries 2017
Louise Balaam RWA NEAC - New School of Painting 2016
Sarah Spencer RAS NEAC 2016
Paul Newland NEAC RWS - Heatherly School of Art 2016
Alice Mumford RWA - St Ives School of Painting 2011
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2023 Seed Gallery, Frome
2023 EYE OF THE BEHOLDER II - Spencer House Gallery, Tetbury
2022 EYE OF THE BEHOLDER - Spencer House Gallery, Tetbury
2021 The ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, The Mall Galleries, London
2021 The Society of Women Artists, London
2020 Roys Art Fair, The OXO Tower, London
2020 Art Eindhoven, NL
2019 Roys Art Fair, OXO Tower, London
2018/2019 Collective, Swindon Museum and Art Gallery
2018 The London Ultra London. Free Painters & Sculptors
2018 The Other Art Fair, Bristol
2017 The Other Art Fair, Arnolfini, Bristol