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LYN WESTFALL
ARTIST
The Abbey Collection (1979-1983)
From 1974 to 1985, Lyn taught Visual Arts at Loretto Abbey, a private girls' highschool in North Toronto. "The Abbey", Motherhouse for the Loretto Sisters as well as a highschool, is a stone Gothic structure filled with fascinating antiques and rooms.
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Lyn was permitted to walk freely throughout the cloister and to draw items such as vases, an English harp, stain - glass windows, and parlour settings.
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The technique used: she photographed the drawings and traced them in charcoal on prepared masonite panels and applied bright colours of a thinner mixture of oil paint. Often she incorporated the "drip" as part of the composition.
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Prices are as listed. All pieces are eligible for free delivery unframed.
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 1. Old English Harp1980 - Drawing 70 cm x 58 cm $610.00 |  Old English Harp I1980 - Oil Painting 152 cm x 122 cm $4900.00 |  Old English Harp II1980 - Oil Painting 152 cm x 122 cm $4900.00 |
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 *St. Cecilia-Under-the-Drapes1980 - Oil Painting 152 cm x 102 cm $4100.00 |  Chartres (St. Cecilia)1980 - Oil Painting 168 cm x 107 cm $4600.00 |  St. Cecilia1980 - Oil Painting 122 cm x 91 cm $3000.00 |
 Angel in Memory1980 - Watercolour 102 cm x 69 cm $1400.00 |  Angel in Memory1980 - Oil Painting 122 cm x 91 cm $3000.00 |  Rare Room (The Library)1981 - Oil Painting 122 cm x 152 cm $4900.00 |
 Library Vase I1981 - Watercolour 61 cm x 89 cm $1200.00 |  Library Vase II1981 - Watercolour 41 cm x 56 cm $650.00 |  Abbey Vase I1979 - Oil Painting 122 cm x 86 cm $3000.00 |
 Abbey Vase II (Cat Paw)1979 - Oil Painting 122 cm x 91 cm $3000.00 |  W.S and S. Vase1983 - Watercolour 74 cm x 58 cm $650.00 |  St. Joseph1981 - Drawing 50 cm x 33 cm $450.00 |
 Tree Coat in an Abbey Window1980 - Oil Painting 117 cm x 94 cm $3000.00 |  Abbey Doors1981 - Watercolour 81 cm x 61 cm $675.00 |  Third Floor Going Down to Second1981 - Oil Painting 152 cm x 122 cm $4900.00 |
 Parlour Lamp I1980 - Oil Painting 91 cm x 61 cm $1600.00 |  Parlour Lamp II1980 - Watercolour 102 cm x 69 cm $800.00 |  Parlour Lamp III1980 - Watercolour 51 cm x 37 cm $650.00 |
 *Parlour Lamp IV1980 - Oil Painting 104 cm x 61 cm $1600.00 |  In Praise of Things Old (Harp II)1979 - Oil on masonite 152 cm x 122 cm Shell Canada |  I Want to Play the Harp (Harp I)1979 117 cm x 91 cm Private collection |
 The Library1979 - Oil Painting 152 cm x 122 cm Wilfrid Laurier University |  In Memory1980 - Oil Painting 152 cm x 122 cm Private Collection |  Library Chair1978 - Oil Painting 142 cm x 122 cm Osgoode Hall |
 Red Velvet Chair1979 – Oil Painting 122 cm x 102 cm Private collection |  Adolphus' Chair1981 – Oil Painting 127 cm x 97 cm Private collection |  Toward the Chapel1981 – Oil Painting 91 cm x 76 cm Osgoode Hall |
 St. Cecilia1980 – Watercolour 76 cm x 61 cm Private Collection |
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