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Lynette O’Kane’s work considers the concepts of time, change and transformation within a system of mapping and chart-making. The materials, including sanded plasters, minerals and embedded or residue vegetable matter,  present an earthy surface of distressed textures.  Alternating layers of plasters allow a conversation between what is hiden and what is exposed.  The surfaces give voice to the activities  of weathering, aging and alteration occurring within the patterns to and from death and decay.

Lynette O’Kane is a Taos  based artist with an extensive exhibition history.  Her works have been shown both nationally and internationally, including  exhibits in New York, Los Angeles, Munich and Frankfurt Germany. She has obtained numerous commissions, both private and public, including a Percentage for the Arts commission in Kodiak Alaska, a public commission from the Center for the Study of Applied Ethnicity at Colorado State University and most recently, a commission for the private dining area at the Ritz Hotel in Bachelor Gulch Avon, Colorado. Lynette was the sole 2018 Artist in Residence at the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Reserve.  Currently she is Secretary on the Board of Directors of the Taos Abstract Artist Collective.