Description:
Miss Lyn Cardinal's work spans the creative bridge from large, non-traditional pastel paintings to evocative collage & assemblage pieces. Her pastels feature mysterious, organic shapes resting in their own private environments. The focus is on color, shadow and weight using full advantage of the rich pigments only pastels can provide. Yet Miss Lyn finds her story-telling voice through her collage & assemblage work. She is inspired not only by the beauty in a single found-object but by the magic created when it is combined with the grace of the written word. Her collages hint at stories and secrets begging to be told. Of her work Miss Lyn says: "I draw the viewer into a different world in which they become a part of the piece. By creating a sense of mystery, the viewer must interpret, and make sense of, the clues presented -- using either their own personal language or that of the collective subconscious."