Lynn Hauer
| Son
of a man who drove to the moon and back; he was on his second revolution.
Son of a woman who stretched a dollar nearly as far, while raising
the children she loved more than anything else.
God has blessed him with a wife and baby boy. This venturesome trio was a lighthouse keeper's family at inaccessible stations on Canada’s Vancouver Island west coast. Lookout Towers in fiery northern Alberta are their present refuge. Spending most of his life in Calgary Canada, contrasts loudly with these perched realities far from the screech of conurbation. Somewhere along the road of life he has become a Christian, which is now the cause and inspiration for his work. Lynn displayed a certain affinity to ‘see pictures’ from the early days of operating his parents box cameras. Keen on art during high school, he has remarkably received no other formal training. Since becoming serious about art 25 years ago, he has explored many directions. Maturing over the past ten years has produced a well seasoned marriage of technique, style, and approach. Being self-taught in photography has allowed a unique and uninhibited light to shine from this medium. Lynn received the 2001 Doris Pederson Award for ‘most expressive piece’ at the Colours from the Light Gala, which hosted 50 artists with some 200 works in many disciplines.
“Conceptually, Lynn's work owes its heritage to the mystical illustrations of William Blake, the incongruous juxtapositions of the Magic Realists, and the clever transpositions of photographic images by Jerry Uelsmann.” Professor Arthur Nishimura, University of Calgary, Department of Art, Photography |
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