photo credit: Samara Alima
A color shift can hold a memory in place.
Lynne Gillan is a San Francisco based artist whose work explores the tension between color, form, and spatial rhythm. Her practice centers on abstract, dimensional pieces made from hand-painted wooden shims, using berswax and pigment (encaustic). She assembles these into what she calls lyrical vignettes—compositions shaped by memory and intuition, in conversation with place, echoing the city’s shifting light and visual rhythm.
With a background in interior architecture and design, she brings a refined sense of proportion and restraint, allowing nuance to guide her process. Her use of color draws on its expressive power, revealing itself through repetition, interruption, and the quiet line of structure.
E X H I B I T S
2024 Gallery 16, curated friend wall for Jeffrey Sincich and Rose D’Amato solo exhibits, San Francisco , CA
2024 Transmission Gallery, Pint Size 2, juried exhibit, Oakland, CA
2024 Ekphraestival, artists and poets collaboration Portland, OR
2023 Select paintings on offer at Park Life II, San Francisco, CA
2023 Open studios holiday faire, San Francisco, CA
2022 Soliloquy Fine Arts, Landscapes: inside & out, Two-person exhibit, Portland, OR
2020 de Young Museum, OPEN, juried exhibit, San Francisco, CA
2019 Art at the Hanger, Marin Community Foundation, Ensemble: Selected Artist Members of MOCA, Novato, CA
2019 Marin MOCA, Open to Interpretation, Novato, CA Honorable Mention
2019 MarinMOCA, Artist Members exhibit, Novato, CA