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Lin Schmidt

France

http://lin.schmidt.free.fr

category: Painting
technique: Mixing technique
Style: Abstract

Statement:
• What is painting ?
Perhaps a way of leaving traces where we have been, to know more where we are going.
But because we are on a path, and everything we do has its importance, it’s important for me to carefully choose the materials I use. Painting is not just a question of an image, which is perceived by the eye and analyzed by the mind. There are more subtle interactions. The whole body is capable of perception. This explains why we feel attraction for something or someone. Or why in some environments we can experience uneasiness or on the contrary well-being and comfort. Because the material world is composed of vibration, the very structure, composition, and surface of the work influence how we interact with it.

Bio / Resumee / Statement:
After a mid-western childhood, playing in cornfields and old barns she studied fine art and psychology, first in the United States and then in Paris where she received her BFA in 1974. After oscillating between the States and Europe for several years she settled down in France in 1980. From that time she has participated in many group and individual exhibitions.

What technique(s) do I use?

After experimenting with all sorts of traditional techniques, from oils, acrylics, watercolors etc., I have developed my own preferred “cuisine”. I use the technique that appeals to me at a particular moment. I most often use paper, in various forms, from sheets to woven strips to paper maché, with pigments, ashes, plant fibers and resins or other binders such as beeswax on paper, wood or canvas or a combination of the 3. I also make and use traditional encaustic paints, which are a blend of pigments, Dammar resin and beeswax applied to a surface using heat. Or sometimes just brush and India ink or watercolor…

Activities:
Solo Exhibitions

2010 fév. Office de Tourisme de Tarbes
2009 oct. Nectar, Tarbes
1997 mars Galerie d’Art Contemporain, Mourenx
1995 juin Galerie Zeller, Tarbes
1991 juin Galerie Zeller, Tarbes

Group Exhibitions
2011 déc. Nayart, Nay, France
2010 juil. Galerie 88, Bagnères, France
2009 août with Véronique Clanet, Rue St. Pierre, Marciac, France
2000 nov. Centre Dickenson, Toulouse
2000 juin St. Cyprien en Périgord, St. Cyprien
1996 juin. Lo Specchio e la Mappa: Percorsi tra Figurativo e Informale, Catania, Sicile
1996 fév. La journée de la Femme, Le Parvis, Ibos
1993 mars Espace Elf-Aquitaine, Lacq
1990 mars with R. Boutiq, La Galerie d’Art, Mourenx
1988 juin Château de Lavardens, Lavardens (Gers)
1988 jan. Unité d’Arts Plastiques, Montpellier
1987 fév. Galerie Zeller, Tarbes
1986 mai Espace Potiers, Toulouse
1985 mars Du Côté de Lautréamont, Le Parvis, Ibos
1983 août Peintures d’ici Maintenant, Le Parvis, Ibos
1982 fév. with R. Boutiq, La Galerie, Tarbes
1982 juin Hospitalet, Barèges
1978 mars 8 x 10 Show, West Hubbard Street Gallery, Chicago

Public Purchases
Two works have been purchased by the city of Mourenx, France.

Private Collections
(the United States, Canada, France, the Netherlands, Spain)

	Heaven's Door Painting Mixing technique 21 x 39 x 5 cm 2009 Price: 250 Euro more information
-- Video --	2 artists in Marciac 2009 not for sale more information
	The Well - Fountain portfolio: larger works Painting Mixing technique 100 x 81 cm 2009 Price: 1.500 Euro more information
	The Well portfolio: larger works Painting Mixing technique 100 x 81 cm for sale (ask for price) more information
	Interior Night Painting Mixing technique 66 x 54 cm 2008 Price: 450 Euro more information
	Double Red Doors portfolio: smaller works Painting Mixing technique 33 x 30 cm 2008 Price: 225 Euro more information
	Discussion By the River Painting Mixing technique 76 x 81 cm 1995 Price: 800 Euro more information
	Crossroads Painting Mixing technique 33 x 30 x 6 cm 1999 sold more information
	Bu I Painting Mixing technique 60 x 65 cm 1997 Price: 700 Euro more information
	Azur Messenger portfolio: smaller works Painting Mixing technique 30 x 30 cm 2000 sold more information