ANN  KRISTIN  LINDSAY

artist's biography

       Ann Lindsay was born in Chicago and received her formal art training at Pratt Institute in the late 60's. Upon moving to Petersburgh, NY in 1970 she established Ann Lindsay Pottery and for 15 years created pieces that were carried in major craft galleries and shops throughout the country. Feeling an increasing need to work more directly in color and to express the beauty she saw in a more representational way, she began to paint during the slow seasons. Studying with Jack Flynn, AWS for 2 years, she made the transition from potter to painter and had her first one-woman show in 1989. 

    "Watercolor has always called to me. I am fascinated with its inherent qualities--it's transparency, the almost explosive reaction between pigment and water, the play of light and color...I love the dialogue, the back and forth -- I do this, it does that, and always I am listening, learning when to hold on....when to let go......I don't think of  myself as controlling it. It's more of a dance. And I love where I am when I paint--at that place where "the thou" and I come together."   

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      It is that place, that connection - and the sharing of that experience that inspires Ann's approach to teaching. "It's wonderful to experience that one-ness and then to express our response to it. It's a form of meditation - a form that is joyful, playful. And our lives are that much richer if we are able to "speak" art, even if it is just playing with color or sketching a little in our journal, or taking a pocket paint set along on our holiday".

 

     Lindsay's paintings have won awards and been exhibited at the Salmagundi Club and Blue Mountain Gallery in New York as well as in many solo shows throughout the Northeast. Of her work, former Time-Life photographer, editor and art collector Tony Ruta said, "There is magic here, magic strength and courage." 

    To see a selection of original watercolors please visit the Gallery.

                

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