"Bringing the Museum to You"

By permission of the artist, The Cyber Art Show is pleased to feature the first of two 12-piece Exhibitions of works by American contemporary landscape painter Lyn Asselta (born 1961 in upstate New York).

 

Involved in fine art and fine craft for the past 25 years, Lyn Asselta's extensive background has 

included titles such as elementary school art teacher, draftsman, calligrapher, workshop instructor, and creator of award-winning fine-art gourd vessels. However, at one point, she opened an old box of Grumbacher pastels and never looked back.  

 

An ever-changing life prompted Lyn to sit down and evaluate what really inspired her creativity and made her wonder what she would still like to say to the world. While pondering this question, she discovered that the majority of her memories revolved around places and how she had felt in those places. Having had the good fortune to live in places that offered up amazing scenery, from the salt marshes and waterways of Florida, to the Smoky Mountains of the Carolinas, to the rock-bound coast of Maine, Lyn realized that her life's one common thread was her fascination with the landscape. Pastel, as a medium, seems to be a perfect metaphor for her relationship to these landscapes.... vibrant, expressive, exuberant and tactile. 

 

Lyn is a Signature Member of the Pastel Society of America (PSA) and a Master's Circle recipient of the International Association of Pastel Societies (IAPS).  She is Co-President and founder of the First Coast Pastel Society (northeast Florida) and is a member of several other pastel societies.  Lyn is an active plein air painter and participates in several plein air events each year.  

 

In 2009, Lyn had the honor of being an Artist in Residence for the National Park Service at Acadia National Park in Maine.  

Her home and studio are in the nation's oldest city, St. Augustine, Florida. Paintings may be seen at the Aviles Street Gallery in St. Augustine, Florida and at First Street Gallery, in Neptune Beach, Florida.

Lyn is available to teach pastel workshops and classes.