Facets of the Heart Canvas Print

This is an original painting on stretched canvas, with the image continuing around the 1.5" sides so that no frame is required. It is in an abstract expressionist or non-objective style, painted with large gestures and intense energy. I paint while standing up at an easel, listening to music. I work on a painting over many days, letting each layer dry in between sessions.

Lynne Taetzsch was born in East Orange, New Jersey and grew up in Irvington and Newark, New Jersey. She was interested in art from the time she was a child, spending her allowance on arts and crafts supplies, painting the school windows for the holidays, and winning a class drawing contest in eighth grade. As a young teenager she took oil-painting lessons from a local artist and later she was president of her high-school art club. At Rutgers University, the University of Southern California, and the University of California, Lynne took art classes in painting, print-making, drawing and pottery. But the biggest influence on her art was the two years she spent at Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York City,...