We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Lynn Campbell. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Lynn below.

Lynn, appreciate you joining us today. When did you first know you wanted to pursue a creative/artistic path professionally?

I loved to express myself creatively from as far back as I can remember. Dancing, acting, writing, learning new instruments, and drawing have all been woven into the fabric of my history. Although I dreamt of earning a living as an artist, I had many careers along the way that were less creative in nature. In my mid 40s, I spent a month in meditative silence with monks in India. It was there that I was filled with a passion to paint, although I had never picked up a paint brush in my life. After returning home, I started playing with some cheap paints on paper in the evenings after work. The joy of painting became so great, that I found myself painting on the weekends to. Eventually people started asking to see the work that I had only intended for myself. Then they started asking if they could purchase them.
I eventually put a few up on social media and before I knew it, the work was being collected internationally.
When we listen to our heart’s deepest longings and are willing to take a leap into the unknown, our lives can unfold in many unexpected and wonderful ways.

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers?

Painting is a joyful, liberating, and meditative process for me. It allows me to express myself using color, texture, and shape in ways that are more expansive than relying on words alone. On days when I am really flowing with the work, I find no words are involved in the process at all. The feeling of awe at the beauty of sunlight glistening through a spider’s web discovered on a morning hike, the experience of laughing with a loved one so hard I cry, or the profound sense of connectedness that comes from staring up at a winter’s night sky filled with stars in numbers so great it boggles the mind, can all be sources of inspiration. Ever since I was a child, I’ve felt a curiosity and fascination with the ways in which we are universally connected. Art is a language that is universally understood. Painting is my way of expressing the depths of the inner landscape as it is eternally touched and shaped by the beauty of the world around us.

My passion is to bring a little more beauty, joy, serenity, inspiration, and connectedness into the world through my work.
Just as I am delighted and moved when I experience other artists’ creations, I hope my work delights and moves others.
I can be found on Instagram @lynncampbellart and through my website: www.lynncampbellart.com. I offer many sizes of original abstract paintings on gallery wrapped canvas. I am also available for commissioned work. My work is collected internationally and can be found in both private and corporate collections.

Learning and unlearning are both critical parts of growth – can you share a story of a time when you had to unlearn a lesson?

Growing up, I believed you had to go to art school or study with someone who is a master at your craft in order to succeed. For years, I never even tried painting because I believed that all talented artists start young, are well trained, and are unable to support themselves through their art. As an untrained, well collected artist who started in my mid 40s, I’ve learned to question culturally held beliefs about what I can and cannot do. Sometimes I think that if a thought feels like a cage, a way to keep myself small, unseen, unheard, or otherwise just feels bad, then it’s always a good idea to question that thought and find the courage to reach for a more expansive thought.

What can society do to ensure an environment that’s helpful to artists and creatives?

I think one of the best ways society can support creatives is to bring more awareness to the value art brings to our lives. Personally, one of my favorite things to do is to check out what other creatives are doing whether it’s going to live theatre, gallery hopping, going to a concert, or watching a dance performance. I receive inspiration from these experiences not only for my paintings, but for life in general. To me art is one of the most beautiful ways we can express ourselves and communicate with one another. Whenever I sell a new painting, a portion of what I’ve earned goes to supporting other artists work. I do this not only to play my part in supporting other artists, but because experiencing art really brings me so much joy and a felt sense of aliveness. I am eternally fascinated and awestruck by the infinite ways in which people find to creatively express themselves in order to educate, share, inspire, move, uplift, and bring about change. I encourage people to share the names of creatives they enjoy with others. Experiment by trying out different forms of art. If you love going to the ballet, then maybe try visiting a sculpture’s studio one day. Share with others the value art brings into your life. Support artists whose work interests you and stay open to exploring other modalities of artistic expression. Take a bit of time to contemplate how art has shaped the fabric of culture throughout history and how valuable it is a means of expression.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.lynncampbellart.com
• Instagram: @lynncampbellart

Image Credits
Lynn Campbell