Kiwi-born Jewel Lynam returned to New Zealand in 2010 after living in Arizona as an artist for many years. Besides showing her artworks in various shows, an art expo in Miami and galleries in the USA, she also had solo exhibits in Paris and Aix-en-Provence. It was in France that she began her career in 1987.
“I moved to the USA, and the following year I journeyed to Europe, where I unexpectedly started my career as an artist. For a number of years, I did not have a green card to work. To exist and find the resources for the materials to paint and then transport them to where ever the artworks needed to be shown, required stamina coupled with the conviction that this was meant to be. I did not have a family or any financial support, so at times the exhibiting side required a lot of time and work as some of my artworks were large and heavy.
Many of the shows I went to were selected expensive high-end outdoor weekend shows, but in order to have the faith that there would be sales and I would be seen by art collectors, there was no other choice but to get there. This exposure meant I now have collectors from many different parts of the world.” Jewel is an acrylic painter, though she also works with ink. Largely self taught, (just some classes at Hamilton Art Society many years ago) her creativity gave her the freedom of imagination to express a rhythm and a mysterious atmosphere to her compositions. Most of the works are painted without any pre-conceived idea in mind, therefore her colorful figuative works reveal varying subject matter from the subtle, to an alchemy of color, intrique and strength in very articulate terms.
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