THOM 7 | Fall / Winter 2016

ARTIST
“The thing I love most about art is that you never get
‘there.’ No matter how hard you work, there is always
more to learn, a different direction to explore, another
edge to push your envelope toward and something new
to discover about what you are capable of."
“Lyn’s work is a combination of real life with just a
hint of impressionism,” Gaskins says, noting that it
serves as a counterpoint to hyper photorealism.
“She’s an inspiration — and it’s not just her painting.
She’s inspiring in terms of the battles she’s fought
and has come out the other side with an upbeat,
cherishing-of-life attitude,” Gaskins says.
A cancer survivor, Lyn has overcome tragedy and
adversity. The zest of her painting, which has
served as her lifeline, is an expression of pure
gratitude — and fearlessness. She credits a move
to the Greater Yellowstone region decades ago as a
pivotal step in the evolution of her work. She landed
near Yellowstone’s wildlife-rich Lamar and Hayden
valleys, little American Serengetis, where grizzly
bears and wolves intermix with elk, bison, moose
and deer in a dynamic interaction of predators and
prey.
Lyn wears her conservation ethic on her sleeve. She’s
donated works to raise money for a wide variety of
wildlife protection programs. Among the diehard
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