Eva-Lynn Loy
Artist Statement For as long as I can remember, the arts have been a great source of pleasure, passion and healing. As a recent resident of the beautiful Monadnock region, my passion for creating art has been reignited. There seems to be, just before the muse appears and before taking paint to paper, a moment of anticipation, a pregnant pause. Then, there "it" is offering an opportunity to take a leap of faith into creating some kind of visual representation of my outer and/or inner world. Often the results reflect more what I feel or the way I'd like to see things than the way they actually appear.Biography EXHIBITIONS
Juried Shows
2010
"New England Watercolor Society 12th Biennial North American Open Show," host: North Shore Arts Association, Gloucester, MA. Juror: John T. Salminen
"Rhode Island Watercolor Society 17th Annual National Competition," Pawtucket, RI. Juror: Paul George
"Monadnock Area Artists Association Juried Show," Jaffrey Civic Center, Jaffrey, NH. Juror: Richard Whitney
"Creatures: Real and Imagined," Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough, NH
"7th Biennial National Art Exhibition," The Visual Arts Center, Punta Gorda, Florida. Juror: Peter Trippi, Editor, Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine.
"Monadnock Art Auction," Jaffrey Chamber of Commerce, Jaffrey, NH
2009
"New Hampshire Institute of Art's Biennial 2009 Juried Exhibit of Art," Manchester, NH. Juror: Mikaela Sardo La Marche, Curator, ACA Galleries, NY, NY
"Artist's Choice," Rhode Island Watercolor Society, Pawtucket
ARTWALK, Keene, NH
Monadnock Art Auction, Jaffrey Chamber of Commerce,Jaffrey, NH
2008
“15th Annual National Watermedia Competition,” Rhode Island Watercolor Society, Pawtucket, RI
2007
“Play With Your Food,” Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough, NH
“Treehouse 6 x 6,” Treehouse Studios, West Tisbury, MA
SOLO SHOWS
2009
"Hoiday Open Studio," Peterborough, NH
"Kristin’s Bistro & Bakery," Keene, NH
2008
Aesop’s Tables, Peterborough, NH
Markem-Imaje Corp, Keene, NH
GROUP SHOWS
2010
"The Prism Painters at the Hancock Library," Hancock, NH
"Member's Show," Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough, NH
2009
"Autumn Art Show," Jaffrey Civic Center, Jaffrey, NH
"Monadnock Art/Friends of Dublin Art Tour"
"Peterborough Art Auction," Peterborough Chamber of Commerce, Peterborough, NH
"Spring Art Show,",Jaffrey Civic Center, Jaffrey, NH
“Member’s Show,” Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough, NH
2008
"Winter Art Show," Jaffrey Civic Center, , Jaffrey, NH
"Monadnock Art/Friends of Dublin Art Tour"
“Prism Painters' Summer Colors in Watermedia,” at L.A. Burdick Restaurant, Walpole, NH
"Prism Painters' New Works in Watermedia,” NHAC, Milford, NH
“Member’s Show,” Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough, NH
2007
"Monadnock Art/Friends of Dublin Art Tour"
“Watermedia and Beyond,” Jaffrey Civic Center, Jaffrey, NH “The Prism Painters at Fiddleheads Café,” Hancock, NH
“The Prism Painters at Sunflower Café,” Fitzwilliam, NH
"Spring Art Show of "Monadnock Art/Friends of Dublin Art Colony"
"Spring Art Show," Jaffrey Civic Center, Jaffrey, NH
“Member’s Show,” Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough, NH
2006
“Celebration of Life,” Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
“Out of the Box Watermedia,” Sharon Arts Center, Sharon, NH
“Prism Painters,' Splash! Contemporary Watermedia Artists,” Guernsey Gallery, Peterborough, NH
2005
“Member’s Show,” Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough, NH
"Winter Art Show," Jaffrey Civic Center, Jaffrey, NH
EDUCATION
smARTist Telesummit, 2009, 2008
Art Workshops
Sharon Arts Center, NH
HK Holbein's Vermont Art Event for Art Instruction and
Training, Colchester, VT 2006
Lesley University, Cambridge, MA. MA in Expressive Art
Therapy, 1995
New York University, New York, NY. MA in Teaching,
Certified: Art & Elem. Ed., 1969
University of Vermont, Burlington, VT. BA, 1968
PUBLICATIONS
Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, Article and artwork in Arts Section, February, 2010
New Hampshire Union Leader, "NH Weekend," 'Spotlight On: Eva-Lynn Loy,' December 10, 2009
Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, October 2009, Artwork displayed
Monadnock Living Magazine, 2009, June/July
Monadnock Transcript, April 2008. Artwork featured.
"Treehouse 6x6," Treehouse Gallery, 2007. Artwork published in show catalogue
ASSOCIATIONS
Concord Art Association
Monadnock Area Art Association, Keene, NH
Monadnock Art/Friends of Dublin Art Colony, Dublin, NH
Rhode Island Watercolor Society
Sharon Arts Center, Sharon, NH
BIOGRAPHY
Eva-Lynn is an artist, expressive art therapist and teacher. After teaching Elementary School, Eva-Lynn returned to school to become an expressive art therapist. In 1997, Eva-Lynn created and implemented a full-time expressive art therapy program at an alternative elementary school in Lynn, Massachusetts. Since moving to the Monadnock area in 2004, Eva-Lynn resumed her own art making. She has been in juried shows, both regional and national, group and private shows. Her paintings are part of private collections.