Phillip Lynam
Phillip Lynam was born in Indianapolis. He received his BFA in painting from the Cleveland Institute of Art and his MFA from the University of Maryland. After a few years as an adjunct professor of art and design in the Washington, D.C. area, Phillip returned to Indianapolis in 2003 and began working at the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, where he is the chief designer. His work is included in numerous private and corporate collections in the United States and abroad.
“I am interested in making paintings that act as triggers for immersive viewing experiences, paintings that encourage and reward time spent looking closely. I try to emphasize elements of my paintings that I think make this sort of immersion more likely-- vivid, glowing color, a sense of internal illumination, and complex layering of marks, patterns, and fragments of images that evoke a sense of space beyond the surface of the paintings."
Instagram: @p_lynam