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Artists Statement                                         Artists Bio

  In the early 1970s  the writings and paintings of George Catlin awakened me to  the spiritual and artful culture of the Native American People.  To express this humble and honest respect for life I began creating watercolor portraits of rather somber and vacant looking faces..  The years passed, I painted, I listened, I studied, I meditated, I prayed.   I came to understand that their reverence for the Earth and the oneness of our global experience is as necessary to life in today’s society as it was in their own.

     I am now creating my own portraits to express that vital creativity of spirit, so necessary to the art of living well..  My work is just a glance at the passionate energy of the ancients swirling into the future, transcending our political, geographic, ethnic and religious boundaries.. We attain identity as beings.  We are the wind.  We are the stars. We become one.

  Over the years, these paintings have become more spiritual than stoic and are now as inspirational as they are decorative.  They have become my friends; they carry with them the joy of life, celebrated in all times, but embodied here in the first people of the Americas.  

     To create these images, I work with acrylic mediums and pure pigments..  By mixing pure pigment with acrylic medium I am able to get a rich intensity of color with even the thinnest of glazes.  By layering the pure colors I can achieve the depth and strength of color I need to express my own excitement with art and life.

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Artist Bio

Born Lynne Marie Foster in Jersey City, NJ in 1944 and raised in the Main Line area of Philadelphia Pennsylvania, Lynne Foster Fife was further educated in the Appalachian Mountains where she studied art at Juniata College.  She has taught art to children in public schools in Maryland, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. and privately at the Munce Art Center in Zionsville, Indiana.

     After the birth of her daughter, in 1971, , she moved to Indianapolis IN,  and in the years that followed, she became the entrepreneur, gallery owner and custom picture framer at Free Spirit Designs, her own shop.  By 1979, the lure of corporate America captured her interest and she became a manager with a fortune 500 company a job from which she retired in 1997.

     While her passion for art was always with her, it has become her vocation in recent years bringing with it accolades, recognition and passionate collectors.  Her paintings hang in corporate, business and private collections across America and in Europe. 

Lynne’s home studio at “Hawks Nest” is a hilltop aerie, surrounded by 60 acres of Southern Indiana hardwood forests and abundant wildlife.  The magnificent sunsets, the gentle deer, the cunning coyote, the vast array of birds and little creatures all serve as inspiration for the passion she shares. 

Her work can be viewed and purchased at New Spirit Gallery in Nashville, Indiana nestled in the magical hills of Brown County or on the web at www.lynnefife.com. Commissions and purchases can also be arranged by e-mail lynne@lynnefife.com and by phone 317-902-8725.

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Lynne Foster Fife

5612 N. Coyle Road • Unionville, IN • 47468

317-902-8725

lynne@lynnefife.com

www.lynnefife.com

© All images and designs contained in this website are copyrighted by Lynne Foster Fife.  These images may not be distributed or displayed without expressed permission from Lynne Foster Fife.

New Spirit Gallery     173 N. Van Buren St.  NASHVILLE, IN