Artist Statement
I paint about memory. The person I perceive myself to be is a conglomerate of memories in the form of images that have sunk into my subconscious. In my paintings, I draw from sources such as personal family photos, found photos, and pervasive images from the media. What I think of as "my memories" are molded by these images of my younger selves, my friends, family, and strangers; who I want to be is driven by icons from entertainment and media. These images I have seen over and over become the framework of my past. It becomes difficult to differentiate between real people and events and these static pictures. Memories shift, combine, mutate constantly. Things at the edges are fuzzy, hard to define, indistinct. The reality that seems so firm becomes flimsy and vaporous.
I am the unreliable narrator of my own story. I hope that when people look at my paintings, they will be inspired to consider the images upon which they build their own stories.
Biography
Lynn Heinz lives and works in Los Angeles. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from UCLA. Always an artist, Lynn had the opportunity in high school, to study figure drawing for a summer semester with Charles White at Otis Art Institute. This was an important moment and cemented her goal to become a working artist.
Lynn’s work has been included in shows at Coastline Community College, Huntington Beach, CA; Museum of Art and History/Cedar, Lancaster, CA; Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA; Golden West College, Huntington Beach, CA; and the Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, CA.