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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.
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.
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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![]() Old English Harp1980 - Drawing - India Ink on Paper 27.4" x 23" Framed Available | ![]() Old English Harp I1980 - Oil on Masonite 60" x 48" Unframed Available | ![]() Old English Harp II1980 - Oil on Masonite 60" x 48" Unframed Available |
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![]() St. Cecilia1980 - Oil on Masonite 48" x 36" Unframed Available | ![]() St. Cecilia-Under-the-Drapes1980 - Oil on Masonite 60" x 40" Unframed Available | ![]() Chartres (St. Cecilia)1980 - Oil Painting 66" x 42" Framed Available |
![]() Angel in Memory1980 - Watercolour 40" x 27" Framed Available | ![]() Angel in Memory1980 - Oil Painting (Oil on Masonite) 48" x 36" Unframed Available | ![]() Rare Room (The Library)1981 - Oil painting - 48" x 60" Framed Available |
![]() Library Vase I1981 - Watercolour 24" x 35" Unframed Available | ![]() Library Vase II1981 - Watercolour 16" x 22" Unframed Available | ![]() Library Chair II1980 - Oil Painting (Oil on Masonite) 48" x 36" Unframed Available |
![]() Abbey Vase I1979 - Oil Painting (Oil on Masonite) 48" x 34" Unframed Available | ![]() Abbey Vase II (Cat Paw)1979 - Oil Painting (Oil on Masonite) 48" x 36" Unframed Available | ![]() W.S and S. Vase1983 - Watercolour 29" x 23" Framed Available |
![]() St. Joseph in the Entrance Hall1981 - Drawing - India Ink on Paper 28" x 21" Unframed Available | ![]() St. Joseph1981 - Drawing - India Ink on Paper 19.5" x 13" Unframed Available | ![]() Tree Coat in an Abbey Window1980 - Oil Painting 46" x 37" Framed Available |
![]() Abbey Doors1981 - Watercolour 32" x 24" Framed Available | ![]() Third Floor Going Down to Second1981 - Oil Painting 60" x 48" Framed Available | ![]() Parlour Lamp I1980 - Oil Painting 36" x 24" Framed Available |
![]() Parlour Lamp II1980 - Watercolour 40" x 27" Framed Available | ![]() Parlour Lamp III1980 - Watercolour 20" x 14.5" Unframed Available | ![]() The Parlour Lamp IV1980 - Oil on Masonite 41" x 24" Unframed Available |
![]() In Praise of Things Old (Harp II)1979 - Oil on masonite 60" x 48" Private collection | ![]() I Want to Play the Harp (Harp I)1979 - Oil on masonite 46" x 36" Private collection | ![]() The Library1979 - Oil on masonite 60" x 48" Private collection |
![]() In Memory1980 - Oil on masonite 60" x 48" Private Collection | ![]() Library Chair1978 - Oil on masonite 56" x 48" Private collection | ![]() Red Velvet Chair1979 - Oil on masonite 48" x 40" Private collection |
![]() Adolphus' Chair1981 - Oil on masonite 50" x 38" Private collection | ![]() Toward the Chapel1981 - Oil Painting 36 x 30’ Private Collection | ![]() St. Cecilia1980 - Watercolour 30" x 24" Private Collection |
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