Lyn Southworth Images

My Work Is My Sword and My Pillow

Category: Recent

  • Icons – Human Faces Looking at You

    1. a painting of a holy figure, typically in a traditional style on wood, venerated and used as an aid to devotion.   2. a person or thing regarded as a representative symbol of something. Icon 1021, 12 in high x 9 in wide, in a white mat. Pastel, pencil and acrylic on sanded paper….

  • Rising Dyptich

    #1043 “Rising 1 and 2,” mixed media on canvas, 40 in x 30 in, 2020 Hanging side-by-side, these paintings are an invitation to calm down, open your heart and imagination, and do life differently.

  • “Hair on Fire” Vote Poster

    #1048 “Hair On Fire VOTE” Digital, various sizes, 2020 If you recall the recent election (2020), there was some urgency about it. I pulled a piece called “Hair on Fire” and did a digital rework with the result above, with one important exception. The piece had transparency where white shows in this web version. Whatever…

  • Protest Quartet

    #1047 “Protest Quartet,” pen on paper, digitized, 9 in x 12 in, 2020 This is an all-purpose 4-panel cartoon strip. Not all incidents contain all four elements, the final one, Healing, is the most often omitted. Too bad. It could prevent the next in line.

  • “Night Fight”

    #1027 Ink on Arches Paper 22 in x 30 in, 2019 It’s always hard to know what to say about an image. It should speak for itself and ink on paper is pretty direct and unsubtle. So I will make my comments personal. Standing back after throwing the ink, I was surprised at what I…