Lynn green root biography
Painter Lynn Green Root's signature elements are kinetic lines and bold, assertive colors.!
Born on March 18, , Lynn's first art teacher was her mother, Myra Hamilton Green, also an artist.
Lynn Green Root
American artist
Lynn Green Root (March 18, – March 6, ) was an American portrait painter, muralist, and illustrator from the state of Mississippi.
Life
Root was born 18 March , in Jackson, Mississippi.[1] Her mother, Myra Hamilton Green, was a painter.[2] She received a bachelor's degree from the University of Mississippi, then pursued a master of fine arts degree at the University of New Orleans.[1] In addition to studying at universities, she studied under abstract expressionist Fred Mitchell.[1]
Root was a portrait painter and a muralist, painting illustrations and narrative landscapes.
Her signature style elements can be described as kinetic lines and bold, assertive colors.[3] It's hard to classify her work into one category but if one was to you could say her work was neoexpressionistic, neoprimitive, or even magical realism.
She did a portrait of Thalia Mara; it was installed in Thalia Mara Hall.