Lynne
Sinclair Taylor
artist
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ABOUT LYNNE
Lynne Sinclair was born in Christchurch but spent most of her school life in Blenheim. Her artistic skills were obvious from a young age and she also loved to make and design clothes for her dolls. She frequently won drawing and colouring competitions. Sport was also a passion and Lynne competed nationally in netball, basketball, and athletics. Her only sibling was her older brother Wayne who is well known today as one of New Zealand's foremost landscape artists. Lynne always had an interest in the spiritual side of life and at 12 years she became a Christian. She committed herself in a deeper way to her faith in her early 20s when she attended a Youth With a Mission School of Evangelism in Lausanne, Switzerland. The teaching she received there gave her a strong foundation for her faith and later after returning to New Zealand Lynne was involved in a leadership role in YWAM. She lead a team throughout New Zealand which was involved in drama, music, teaching and speaking in schools, public areas and churches. In Lynne's early working years she was a fashion illustrator and fashion designer and succeeded in winning prizes in the Waikato Fashion Design Awards including two firsts. She also tutored art and fashion design at the Waikato Technical Institute.
In 1983 Lynne married Alan Taylor and over the next few years had three sons. Her creative side went on hold until her youngest son was about to start school and then she picked up some pastels given to her as a gift years before by her brother Wayne. Within a short time pastels became her passion and she converted a spare garage into a studio. Alterations soon doubled the size of the building to make room for her expanding activities. Here she held weekly pastel classes, children's classes and occasional weekend workshops. Lynne was very soon winning many art awards with the following five firsts:
1994 Otorohanga Art Awards (overall) After painting seriously for a few years Lynne became aware there were two other NZ artists with the same name so her art name became Lynne Sinclair Taylor. Lynne's work in the 1990s ranged from realism to abstract in pastels, oils and acrylics. Ideas and inspirations for paintings flood Lynne's mind continuously and she finds there are never enough hours in the day to translate those ideas on to canvas. Since 2001 her work has taken on a new direction. Now she paints mainly in acrylics on stretched canvas. Her styles are mainly expressionist and impressionist (with the occasional abstract) and her subjects are mostly scenes and stylised people. She grabs the viewers attention with her vibrant use of colour. Over the years Lynne has developed skills in public speaking and she is often asked to speak of her life experiences. In 2001 she was a speaker at the national Full Gospel Businessmen's Conference and she also spoke that year at clubs and churches. Lynne acknowledges that God is the giver of creativity and she is thankful she is able to pursue her passion for painting and to encourage many others to do the same. She believes, as a committed Christian, that she is more aware of the beauty around her in creation and her aim as a colourist is: "...to portray the world and its beauty in unique and captivating ways for others to enjoy." Her works are sold through her website, galleries and word of mouth and her paintings hang in homes and businesses worldwide. GalleriesIn New Zealand Lynne is represented by the following galleries:
AwardsSince 1994 Lynne has won several awards including 5 firsts:
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