Lyn Southworth Images

My Work Is My Sword and My Pillow

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  • Deconstructing (American) Christianity

    1051 CleanDirtyDead 12×16 inches, oil on coated Arches paper This triptych can be arranged in any order, or every order, and the truth of the words in sequence is still true. Try it: Dead/Clean/Dirty, Dirty/Clean/Dead, Clean/Dead/Dirty and so on. Females in Western culture transmute between these three states of being, and can even be all…

  • Diagnosis Dancer

    1041 “Diagnosis Dancer,” mixed media on paper, 12 in x 9 in Living with a label, a diagnosis, a condition, a disease, a designation of value and end-points to aspirations and dreams. We all do the dance. See a closeup detail. Living with a label, a diagnosis, a condition, a disease, a designation of value…

  • 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….