Statement from Medicine Man Gallery:
“I am utterly mesmerized with Western canyon geology and seemingly boundless space - fascinated with its immensity and yet infinite intricacies, the continuous, at times catastrophic, grain-by-grain passage of shape and time. Geology is never static but rather a morphic phenomenon. For me to photograph or paint a canyon in detail would only record a mere micro second. As sure as when a lizard nudges a grain of sand, so does the whole of the canyon shift before our eyes. My challenge is to render the movement, for as you look, and then look again, the image, its textures and shadows present new discoveries, new forms, ever changing.” - Lynette Jennings
BIO from her website:
Born 1948, a bricklayer’s daughter, in Springfield, Illinois, Lynette attended Sacred Heart Academy, majoring in music and fine art, winning city and statewide arts competitions. Jennings studied music at DePaul University Chicago and University of Michigan, then transferred to a major in architecture with a minor in anthropology.
In 1972, at the age of 24, she left before graduating to pursue land development and housing design in Toronto. With another like-minded young architect, she created a multi-disciplinary architecture firm in Toronto dedicated to bringing more humanistic living environment to the “mass market" housing industry. Their approach garnered the attention of the media resulting in her newspaper column, regular guest appearances on national television, a weekly live radio show, Design Editor for Canadian Living Magazine and Editor-in-Chief of Select Homes and Food Magazine as well as licensed product design.
Jennings is most known internationally for her daily TV series on Discovery Channel, Lynette Jennings Home and Lynette Jennings Design, from 1985 to 2000, featuring architecture, décor and fine artists from the US, France and Italy.
Two of Jennings books, “Straight Talk” and “No Compromise” published by Meredith Corporation, each have sold over 160,000 copies.
In 2000 Lynette shifted away from her life in the media and consulting to focus full time to her art, moving to the Southwest to paint her love of the canyonlands.
Jennings and her husband Art Professor Emeritus and working sculptural ceramic artist Jim Romberg founded the Eagleheart Center for Art and Inquiry. Its mission: To close the gap between art, artists and society.
Lynette and Jim reside in SantaFe, New Mexico.
