Statement:

My paintings are narratives.  And I am always an unreliable narrator.  In fiction, an unreliable narrator refers to the person telling the story who is not doing so in a complete, accurate, or truthful way.  This could be due to their mental or psychic state, their own biases, or perhaps they are bending the truth for their own purpose.  In my paintings I tell a story that is filtered through my own perceptions.  I don’t seek to depict any reality that has ever existed in consensual or historic time and place.  The sources are varied and completely unrelated to each other: found photos, family photos, and epherema I have collected.  Using oils, acrylics, charcoal, I interpret colors and emotions from these.  I add elements to amplify the narrative and leave out details that may have been lost to memory.  I may or may not be telling the whole story.  I leave that up for the viewer to decide.

Bio:

Lynn Heinz lives and works in Los Angeles.  She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from UCLA.  She has been included in shows at Coastline Community College, Lancaster Museum of Art and History/Cedar, Art Share LA, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Avenue 50 Gallery, LA Artcorps, and Art Division.