Lynn Mayes

Lynn Mayes received her BFA at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.  She has studied with Phillip Lawrence Sherrod at the Art Students League in New York; and with several studio artists at the Arrowmont School in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.  She spend two summers on the island of Samos, Greece studying with Yannis Ziogas at the Art School of the Aegean.

Since 1994, Lynn Mayes has devoted her professional life to painting with oils and mixed media.  Her subject matter ranges from figures to the landscape; sometimes the two are combined.  Most of the images are living in her imagination, although some are taken directly from life.  She has participated in a number of group shows in Nashville, Tennessee and Atlanta, Georgia.

Georgia Public Broadcasting featured Lynn Mayes on “State of the Arts” - the October 2006 edition.    Her work has been reviewed in the Nashville Tennessean (1997), the Dekalb News Extra (1998), The Dunwoody Crier (1999), the Vanderbilt University Alumni magazine (2000), the Atlanta Journal Constitution (photo 2000), the Atlanta Jewish Times (2001), the Best of the Fest Magazine, State College, Pennsylvania (2003), Cottonwood Art Festival Magazine, Dallas, Texas (2004), Savannah Morning News (2006).

“I use   grisaille technique with layers of  oil glazes  on a support  textured with my handprints.  The work is finished with ink, oil pastel, foil, wax, metallic acrylic and leaf.   Some pieces are finished with epoxy resin.    The images are generated in my imagination, and as the work  progresses I become the vessel through which the painting takes on its own life.”  Lynn Mayes

The Art Students League - New York City

With Philip Lawrence Sherrod - Fred Mitchell - Costa Vavagiakis

Art School of the Aegean - Samos, Greece

With Yannis Ziogas

Studied Privately with:                                                                  Teaching Positions

Nancy Bauer Dillon                             Jerry Cutler                                                           Pinckneyville Arts Center

Assoc Prof Art                                      Assoc Prof Art                                                      Gwinnett County, GA

Brevard Community College            University of Florida                           

Melbourne, FL                                      Gainesville, FL                                                     Arrowmont School, Gatlinburg, TN

Virginia Derryberry                              Susan Moffett                                                       Cerulean Fine Art, Atlanta, GA

Professor of Art                                    Associate Prof Art                               

Berry College                                       Central Indiana University

Rome, GA                                             Sellersburg, IN

Libby Johnson                                     Henry Leo Schoebel                                                                                                                          

Studio Artist                                          Assistant Prof Art

Baton Rouge, LA                                 Arizona State University,Tempe, AZ

Recipient of Margaret Marshall Wood Scholarship 1995 - Arrowmont School of Arts

First Prize - Pi Beta Phi Foundation Competition 1998

Juried member, Atlanta Artists Club, Dunwoody Fine Art Association (President 1997-99)

One Person Shows:                 The Atlanta Public Library          - 1994

                                                Barnes & Noble Bookstore         - 1995

                                                Tennessee Art League                - 1997

                                                Vanderbilt University                   - 1999

                                                Cerulean Fine Art                       - 2000

Selected List of Juried Group Shows:

Spring show Arrowmont School, Gatlinburg, TN; “Bags and Baggage” 1996

Pleasure Island Art Association Juried Fine Arts Exhibit, Honorable Mention 1997

The Artists Group Show - Atlanta, GA 1998                                                                                                                                                       

Southern Artists Invitational - Anne Irwin Fine Art - Atlanta, GA 1998

Annual Invitational Fine Arts Festival - Jackson, GA Merit Award 1998

Gwinnett Council for the Arts - Duluth, GA - 2000

Southeastern Invitational Exhibition - Duluth, GA 2000

Fulton Atlanta North Juried Exhibition - Allen Ashton Gallery - Roswell, GA 2001

Chaos and the Future - 3rd Contemporary Art Exhibit; the Naval Museum, Istanbul, Turkey 2000

Bruce Museum Outdoor Fine Arts Festival- Greenwich, CT October 2003

Decatur Arts Festival - Decatur, GA 2004 Second Place

Galleries - FL; Taylor Kinzel Gallery, Roswell, GA; Be Original Art, Atlanta, GA; Gallery del Corazon, Benton Harbor, MI

Corporate Collections - Amway Corp, Tokyo, Japan; City Hall, Agios Constantinos, Samos, Greece;- First Union Bank, St. Augustine, FL

Reviews -  The Nashville Tennessean, 1997; The DeKalb News Extra, 1998; The Dunwoody Crier, 1999; The Vanderbilt Alumni Magazine, 2000; The Atlanta Journal Constitution photo, 2000; Atlanta Jewish Times 2001; The Best of the Fest cover photograph 2003, Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts