The Art of Lyntis Beard

Recent Works

2007 - 2017

These paintings show the variety of subjects I have explored in recent years.

Note: Many of my painting are studies based on the work of artists I admire to help me learn and progress in my oil painting. Those I have labeled studies.

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Mayan and Aztec Worlds Painting based on Mayan and Aztec friezes	Florida Dreams (2009) Painting based on photograph taken by my friend Andy Ilachinski (See https://www.andy-ilachinski.com)	Having Fun Tubing party in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Bird Watching at Accotink Lake Accotink Park, Alexandria, Virginia	The Photographer Dora Kelly Nature Park in Alexandria, Virginia	Male Female Duality Painting includes as its center piece a copy of Pietro Longhi's painting "The Foyer" (1750). The top panels include gargoyle's from English Cathedrals and a reproduction of a watercolor from William Blake. The panels below include 12 century tarot cards, an excerpt from Hieronymus Bosch's The Garden of Earthly Delights. The remaining panels are based on photographs taken site seeing in Rome and Florence, done while taking a class with Carol Dupre at the Art League in Alexandria, VA.
Tree Landscape This painting is a mood study based on a wonderful black and white photograph by Peter Damo [LensWork 79, 2008] entitled "Low Cloud Tree" a landscape in Flinders Ranges, Australia. His web site is http://peterdamo.com.	A Little Spanish Girl Based on a photograph taken while walking through a coastal town in Spain	A Dark Night of the Soul This painting was done while I was taking a class at the Art League [ https://www.theartleague.org/school/ ] under a wonderful artist Carol Dupre. You can see her work at http://www.cmdupre.com/thebalticseaseries.html.
Adjusting to Japan Painting based on a photograph of my daughter when she was living in Japan while teaching English	The Bellydancing Show Painting is based on a photograph of my youngest daughter during a bellydancing show	A Trio Getting Ready for Halloween Painting based on a photograph of my wife, then college girlfriend, her roommate and close friend Amaralis, and our friend Dario.
Self Portrait (Unfinished) Exploring the coast in an Omani dhow	A Break from Flamenco Dancing Painting based on a black and white post card I bought in Spain.	Steichen Color Study 1 Personal study based on a 1925 monochrome photograph by Edward Steichen. The actors Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lund. See: William Ewing and Todd Brandow, "Edward Steichen In High Fashion - The Conde Nast Years 1923-1937," FEP Editions Norton.
Steichen Color Study 2 Personal study (unfinished) based on a 1928 monochrome photograph by Edward Steichen. See plate140, pg. 184 in Todd Brandow and William Ewing, "Edward Steichen, Lives in Photography," FEP Editions, Norton.	Fruit and Wine Still Life Painting for my friends, the McGoverns	The Two Annas (Fin 2009) High school orchestra players. Painting remained unfinished for some time.