Lynne was introduced to bird carving in the 1990s by her late father-in-law Claude Kemper, a West Virginia bird
carver well known for his Birds of My Hollow series of birds indigenous to his boyhood home.
Lynne is now continuing the series he began as well as working on her own series of carvings called Birds of a Feather. Many of the birds she now includes are birds at risk of losing their habitats and becoming endangered species.
It is her hope that through her efforts others will not only gain an appreciation and knowledge of birds but also
recognize the need to provide and protect the environments necessary for their
survival.
Most of Lynne’s birds are carved from basswood and mounted on driftwood from West Virginia lakes.
Either tupelo or basswood is used for her life-like feathers.
She participates annually in two West Virginia juried events: The West Virginia State Folk Festival and the Stonewall Jackson Heritage Arts and Crafts Jubilee.
Lynne received a BA degree with a major in art from West Virginia University and completed graduate art courses at
Towson University and the Maryland Institute of Art.
Although currently focused primarily on wood carving, Lynne also creates two-dimensional art using watercolors, oils, and acrylics. While living in Japan, she studied the Japanese arts of shodo and sumi-e, and ancient techniques of textile painting practiced in Japan and Okinawa. Her awards include a Yokohama Prefectural Award for one of her shodo scrolls. Her feathers have won 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place ribbons in the 2011 Florida Winter Woodcarving Competition, a first and third place robbons in the 2013 Florida Winter Woodcarving Competition and in two Cape Coral Art League shows.
Her teaching experiences include teaching art to both adults and secondary school students. She is currently an instructor for the Cape Coral Art League. She has most recently studied carving under internationally renowned bird carvers Jim Sprankle and Gary Yoder
carver well known for his Birds of My Hollow series of birds indigenous to his boyhood home.
Lynne is now continuing the series he began as well as working on her own series of carvings called Birds of a Feather. Many of the birds she now includes are birds at risk of losing their habitats and becoming endangered species.
It is her hope that through her efforts others will not only gain an appreciation and knowledge of birds but also
recognize the need to provide and protect the environments necessary for their
survival.
Most of Lynne’s birds are carved from basswood and mounted on driftwood from West Virginia lakes.
Either tupelo or basswood is used for her life-like feathers.
She participates annually in two West Virginia juried events: The West Virginia State Folk Festival and the Stonewall Jackson Heritage Arts and Crafts Jubilee.
Lynne received a BA degree with a major in art from West Virginia University and completed graduate art courses at
Towson University and the Maryland Institute of Art.
Although currently focused primarily on wood carving, Lynne also creates two-dimensional art using watercolors, oils, and acrylics. While living in Japan, she studied the Japanese arts of shodo and sumi-e, and ancient techniques of textile painting practiced in Japan and Okinawa. Her awards include a Yokohama Prefectural Award for one of her shodo scrolls. Her feathers have won 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place ribbons in the 2011 Florida Winter Woodcarving Competition, a first and third place robbons in the 2013 Florida Winter Woodcarving Competition and in two Cape Coral Art League shows.
Her teaching experiences include teaching art to both adults and secondary school students. She is currently an instructor for the Cape Coral Art League. She has most recently studied carving under internationally renowned bird carvers Jim Sprankle and Gary Yoder