About
Lynn Spoor (1997), is a bright, up and well respected international artist from Amsterdam.
Born in the coastal area Velsen, her art is dynamic, raw and pure. Her artistic journey began at a young age (12 years old), and her career path has always been clear: as a contemporary artist, Lynn Spoor was born to create. Since her debut exhibition in New York at the age of nineteen, the world has been at her feet.
Her vibrant, colorful paintings exude positivity and cheerfulness. Nestled in the municipality of Bloemendaal, near Haarlem, is Zuid-Kennemerland National Park. This forested area is just a short drive from Amsterdam and serves as the back drop to Duinlust estate in Overveen, where a dirt path leads to an impressive neo-Renaissance mansion. Here, the scent of the sea mingles with that of the woods. This is where Lynn creates her masterpieces. Inspired by the views, by her many travels, and by her vivid imagination, she layers her canvases with abstract shapes that blend color and texture.
Lynn’s studio is surrounded by dozens, if not hundreds, of pots of acrylic paint in every imaginable color. Large canvasses are propped alongside smaller ones on the floor, rest on easels and line the walls. Her expressive, layered paintings feature bold, raw color fields that are rich with texture and constantly reveal new details. From here, her paintings find their way to fans and collectors around the world, from the United States and Bahrain to France, Spain, Australia and her native Netherlands; among many other countries.
Lynn speaks of the search for her own style, her creative spirit and the message behind her art. She got her first taste of art history in secondary school, where she was introduced to the Old Masters. It was around this time that social media broke onto the scene and Lynn started seeing the works of other artists online.
“I was instantly drawn to realistic portraits and I wanted to be able to paint like that, too. Capturing emotions on paper fascinated me. I also started sketching still life’s and shared my work online. That’s how I got my first commission: a portrait of my neighbor’s cat. I was about thirteen at the time. This was quickly followed by a series of portraits of celebrities like Tiësto, Madonna and Amy Winehouse. I gained a lot of followers and a lot of recognition. Tiësto even signed his portrait and gave it to his mother as a gift. By the time I was sixteen, things had gotten so serious that I decided to start my own business.“
“This is what I want to do; making art and touching people emotionally.“
After she went studying fine-art at HKU, The University of the Arts in Utrecht, she was catapulted into the art scene. Drawing deep from her roots in the coastal area Velsen, dominated by the steel industry along the North Sea where her father works, she became also fascinated by her father stories about the industry and setting. Raw ores processed by extreme heat in the steel industry. Pure earth stones and minerals mined deep from underneath the crust of the earth. She wanted to do something with these earth materials and inspirations and started experimenting further.
“People started talking about my work and offering their interpretations. Abstract art gives you more freedom for that. I worked on evolving my style into what it is today.“
Her work has evolved over the past ten years to include more depth and texture. Exploring the interior processes of her life, Lynn often creates series, enabling a dynamic interplay between the canvasses and their vibrant colors. Each series has its own story and meaning, but they all have a common thread: her love for expressing and eliciting emotions and the love for raw nature seen in all the corners of the world; inspired at her travels. Nowadays, Lynn’s art is dynamic, raw and pure.
“With my paintings, I want to bring more color to the world; to balance all the negativity with some positivity. I base my color palettes on the emotions I feel and want to convey. Sometimes I use bright neon hues, other times I use earth tones or simple black and white. Different colours are blended under and over each other, dripped and scratched away again. The end result is a powerful landscape, with alternating hazy and oozing colours. You will never have the same impression twice.“
I travel a lot for inspiration. One day, I might be painting on a rock overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, and the next, I’m in a flower field in Italy. I wanted to incorporate elements from these places into my work, so I mix sand, pebbles, crushed marble or dried flowers into my paint. This way, each painting carries a piece of the place where it was created or inspired. Through my art, I invite people to join me on my journey. Every painting allows you to travel both the world and your own imagination.“
