Artist Statement
My
art emerges from deep inside. I am led
by intuition to discover what line, shape, and color have to show me as I play with paint and form. My intention is to stretch toward images my deep
self chooses to reveal. Sometimes my art
appears childlike, sometimes ideas from ancient art appear. My art puts me in touch with the deep pools
of memory and desire within me. I often
collage layers of printed paper on the painting surface and then respond to the
images and lines that become extant on the surface. Creation comes from destruction. I am excited to see what emerges. Spirit
leads me when I get out of the way.
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I
use acrylic paint and inks, paint markers, collage techniques, and wax crayons
in my paintings. I use various kinds of
scrap materials in the sculptures I make.
My
studio is Arlington, VA at Crystal City Underground in the Red Studios I am a member of the Arlington Artist
Alliance and the Del Ray Artisans Gallery in Alexandria. I have presented numerous talks on the
history of abstract art and other topics in art history, including topics in
faith and art. My artwork has been shown
at numerous venues and galleries in the Washington Metropolitan Area
I
earned a BA degree from Macalester College with a major in Fine Art and a minor
in humanities. I earned a Master of
Divinity from McCormick Seminary and then a Master of Social Work from Catholic
University. I was ordained to a community
arts ministry, and then served parishes in Christian Education and leadership
development. As a social worker I worked
in the AIDS Program at Whitman Walker Clinic, then as a pastoral counselor in
private practice, and with The Center for Pastoral Counseling of Virginia. Although I put my art making aside for most
of my years in ministry, I made use of many creative and artistic approaches in
my work with people. When I retired from
full-time active ministry in March, 2008, I was amazed at how my zeal for
making art sprang to the forefront of my life.
I
live in Arlington with my husband, Ed and our cat Thaddeus.
Rusty
Lynn
www.RustyLynnsArt.com
703-350-7174
rustylynn@earthlink.net
Bio
Rusty Lynn is an
artist living in Arlington, Virginia.
After a long career in ministry, social work, and pastoral counseling,
he is devoting his time to a life in the arts. Rusty received a Batchelor of Arts Degree with a Major in
Fine Arts and a Minor in Humanities from Macalester College in St. Paul,
Minnesota. Although setting his
art career aside while doing ministry, he made use of his arts education by
producing and directing religious drama in the church, creating off-loom
weavings, and employing art therapy techniques with clients in his pastoral
counseling practice. Currently he
is working in acrylic paints and collage, and making assemblages, a practice
dating to his childhood.
Rusty
has been interested in the links between the arts, creativity, and spirituality
for most of his life. Being an
artist in ministry meant that he was often looking for a more creative way to
do things, such as developing a simulation game about intergalactic travel as a
way of helping teenagers explore what it could mean to be a caring and creative
community. As a gay man, he
continually explores what it means to be on the outside of society. This led him to expand his ministry
into mental health by getting a Masters in Social Work, allowing him to work
with persons living with HIV and AIDS.
He created and led grief workshops for AIDS “Buddies” using the arts as
tools for expression. While
working as a pastoral counselor Rusty combined ministry, psychotherapy, art and
spirituality.
Rusty Lynn
703-350-7174