Lynne Feldman

Collage Textile Arts

I rarely have an idea of where a painting is going to take me. I will see a shape with an intriguing contour and that will become the basis for an entire painting. Once I have a shape on the canvas, I enter into a kind of a conversation with it. The painting truly tells me what it needs. I think of each painting as a puzzle that has never been solved before. My task as a painter is to find the perfect way to put them together.

Artist Statement

Short Biography

I grew up on Manhattan's upper west side and began my formal art training at the Art Students League of New York when I was 12. I studied drawing and oil painting there for the next 15 years. In 1978, I moved to Rochester and have had a studio in the Anderson Arts Building for 30 years.

Ten years ago, I took a week-long summer workshop at Bennington College called Painting with Fabric. At this workshop I was introduced to collage on canvas - gluing fabrics onto canvas and then painting with acrylics. Before this, I had worked exclusively in oils incorporating patterns into my works by way of painting. Now I glue fabrics onto the surface of the canvas and work the paints in and around them. Visit my website www.LynneFeldman.com
to see more examples of my work.

About Wrap Yourself in Art

A few years ago, I discovered a 230-year-old family owned business in the foothills of North Carolina that could weave images of my paintings into blankets. I called my newest endeavor "Wrap Yourself in Art". These blankets are soft, warm, 100% cotton and machine washable. Visit my website www.WrapYourselfInArt.com to see all 10 of them.

PS They make great wall hangings too!