{"id":2,"date":"2013-06-15T19:35:42","date_gmt":"2013-06-16T02:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lynnkingham.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2019-11-12T14:39:25","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T22:39:25","slug":"about-lynn-kingham","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lynnkingham.com\/?page_id=2","title":{"rendered":"about"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Artist&#8217;s Statement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have been drawing for as long as I can remember; progressing from crayons to pencil drawings to charcoal and pen and ink. However, it wasn&#8217;t until 2001 when I started painting, that I really began to focus on creating art.\u00a0 After a few years as a watercolour artist, my desire to create paintings on a larger scale led me to painting with oils.\u00a0 Oil painting provides me with great freedom of expression, so now I work almost exclusively in this medium.<\/p>\n<p>My subject matter has also gradually evolved over time, into three areas.\u00a0 I have always had a great love of animals, so I naturally started out painting them.\u00a0 I have maintained this connection through commissioned pet portraits, in which each animal&#8217;s unique personality shines through.\u00a0 In another series of paintings, my goal is to share the essence of this place and the people who live here &#8211;\u00a0 images reflecting the spirit of the beautiful west coast of BC, where I am fortunate enough to live.\u00a0 I also love vintage things, and my other paintings focus on capturing a mid-century vibe.<\/p>\n<p>My art celebrates life.\u00a0 I derive my inspiration in painting from what I value in life; not only in the subject matter itself, but also in the qualities portrayed and the emotions evoked.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lynnkingham.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Yellowpoint-I-800x593.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-295 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lynnkingham.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Yellowpoint-I-800x593-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"564\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lynnkingham.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Yellowpoint-I-800x593-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lynnkingham.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Yellowpoint-I-800x593-768x569.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lynnkingham.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Yellowpoint-I-800x593-690x511.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.lynnkingham.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Yellowpoint-I-800x593.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Yellowpoint I -oil on canvas<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artist&#8217;s Statement I have been drawing for as long as I can remember; progressing from crayons to pencil drawings to charcoal and pen and ink. However, it wasn&#8217;t until 2001 when I started painting, that I really began to focus on creating art.\u00a0 After a few years as a watercolour artist, my desire to create [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lynnkingham.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lynnkingham.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lynnkingham.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lynnkingham.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lynnkingham.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.lynnkingham.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":316,"href":"https:\/\/www.lynnkingham.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lynnkingham.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}