Photo by Julie Pappenfort
I'm bi-lingual — I communicate in images and English.
My life of creating has been a life of translation. It's not enough to just observe. I transcribe stony hikes, river swims, fear and wonder, and backyard observations into shapes, lines, colors, and words. My pieces are gestures of a fleeting moment in time. No matter the scale of my creations I want to maintain intimacy — the viewer needing to lean into the piece to see and feel and hear its subtleties.
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I left my childhood home at age 18 and went on to a series of colleges obtaining degrees in Graphic Design, Art Education, and finally, a Masters in Studio Arts. In 1996 I moved from Iowa to Johnson, Vermont where I was on staff at the Vermont Studio Center for 4 years; one of the largest art colonies in the nation. It was a pivotal period of art making for me; to have so much space and time to create, and to have access to artists and writers of varied mediums, nationalities, and philosophies. My concepts of art expanded as I was challenged and supported to go deeper into my process, and to experiment with a wide range of materials and techniques. Over the years I’ve exhibited my work in the form of oil paintings, monotypes, fabric installations, mixed media drawings, and 3D assemblages. Some themes of these exhibits have been Home, Night Dreams, Secret Codes, Forts, Domestic Life, and Field Notes from Nature.
I reside in Vermont where the clouds form haiku, every river is a poem, and every unturned stone holds a bit of gossip.
Contact me: LilyHinrichsen @ gmail . com
Visit my Art Studio Facebook page, too.
My life of creating has been a life of translation. It's not enough to just observe. I transcribe stony hikes, river swims, fear and wonder, and backyard observations into shapes, lines, colors, and words. My pieces are gestures of a fleeting moment in time. No matter the scale of my creations I want to maintain intimacy — the viewer needing to lean into the piece to see and feel and hear its subtleties.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
I left my childhood home at age 18 and went on to a series of colleges obtaining degrees in Graphic Design, Art Education, and finally, a Masters in Studio Arts. In 1996 I moved from Iowa to Johnson, Vermont where I was on staff at the Vermont Studio Center for 4 years; one of the largest art colonies in the nation. It was a pivotal period of art making for me; to have so much space and time to create, and to have access to artists and writers of varied mediums, nationalities, and philosophies. My concepts of art expanded as I was challenged and supported to go deeper into my process, and to experiment with a wide range of materials and techniques. Over the years I’ve exhibited my work in the form of oil paintings, monotypes, fabric installations, mixed media drawings, and 3D assemblages. Some themes of these exhibits have been Home, Night Dreams, Secret Codes, Forts, Domestic Life, and Field Notes from Nature.
I reside in Vermont where the clouds form haiku, every river is a poem, and every unturned stone holds a bit of gossip.
Contact me: LilyHinrichsen @ gmail . com
Visit my Art Studio Facebook page, too.
