If you are \u00a0visiting \u00a0or working \u00a0at \u00a0FAHC – Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington, VT, \u00a0please enjoy \u00a0some \u00a0of my landscape inspired \u00a0artworks in the hallways. \u00a0Refreshing to the spirit in these shorter days. \u00a0The exhibit ,in two locations , will be up \u00a0from November 20th, 2012 through March 2013.<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.fletcherallen.org\/about\/art_exhibit\/<\/p>\n
Fletcher Allen reporter Erica Houskeeper sat down with artist Lynda Reeves McIntyre of Shelburne to talk about her paintings exhibited in the McClure Connector on Level 3. A studio art professor at the University of Vermont, McIntyre also served as UVM\u2019s Director of Art Education for 26 years. She is a painter who weaves her training in painting, dance, Buddhist study and aesthetics into her teaching.\u00a0 She prefers to work outdoors, sketching and painting in mountains, deserts and on beaches around the world.<\/p>\n
Q: How would you describe your work?<\/strong><\/p>\n A: When you work outdoors the way I do, there\u2019s almost always a story related to the painting. Usually, it\u2019s about the people I meet or my experience along the way. My work is about being very present, giving a visual voice to my experiences and sharing that with other people. Most of my works celebrates beauty \u2013 sometimes tumultuous beauty \u2013 but my paintings are not dark. Ultimately, my work is a joyful expression of my relationship with and gratitude for the world we live in.<\/p>\n Q: What are some of the locations of your paintings?<\/strong><\/p>\n A: I love being outside. I do a lot of traveling, and I\u2019ve worked on site in China, Australia, New Zealand, Italy, Martha\u2019s Vineyard, Mount Shasta in California, the Colorado Rockies, Hawaii, Venezuela, France and right here at home in Vermont and New York\u2019s Adirondack Mountains. I don\u2019t bring canvases on site, but rather sketch on-site and paint later.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Q: Where do you enjoy painting the most?<\/strong><\/p>\n A: My favorite places to paint are in Italy and the Adirondacks. I love to hike and my heart is really in the mountains.\u00a0 My husband died when we were hiking together in Sardinia, Italy many years ago, so I feel like my soul is in Italy. I travel there every year to paint. <\/strong><\/p>\n Q: \u00a0What inspires you?<\/strong><\/p>\n A: \u00a0I never feel uninspired. I don\u2019t have the freedom to go to the studio on a whim because I teach, so my time in the studio is always very deliberate. Still, I may think I\u2019m going to paint for two hours and wind up in the studio for eight or nine hours because I\u2019m totally swept up in what I\u2019m doing.<\/p>\n Q: What kind of response are you receiving from the Fletcher Allen exhibit?<\/strong><\/p>\n A: My father was a physician and painter, so there\u2019s a real connection for me between healing and art. My mother died of lung cancer when she was in her 40s. When I would visit her, I remember seeing paintings in the hospital, and they had a profound effect on me. The work I am displaying now at Fletcher Allen is getting a great response, and I\u2019m hearing from people I\u2019ve never met. The paintings in the exhibit are of places that are somewhat abstract, but also recognizable, soothing and inviting.<\/p>\n Q: You have led a very rich life by traveling the world and following your passion. If you had to describe your experience in words instead of on a canvas, what would you say?<\/strong><\/p>\n A: On my tombstone, I hope the epitaph reads: \u201cShe made beauty, she made friends.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you are \u00a0visiting \u00a0or working \u00a0at \u00a0FAHC – Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington, VT, \u00a0please enjoy \u00a0some \u00a0of my landscape inspired \u00a0artworks in the hallways. \u00a0Refreshing to the spirit in these shorter days. \u00a0The exhibit ,in two locations , will be up \u00a0from November 20th, 2012 through March 2013. http:\/\/www.fletcherallen.org\/about\/art_exhibit\/ Fletcher Allen reporter Erica […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4348,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[542,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-events","category-uncategorized","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/lmcintyr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/lmcintyr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/lmcintyr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/lmcintyr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4348"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/lmcintyr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/lmcintyr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/lmcintyr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/lmcintyr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/lmcintyr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}