Our collaboration started as soon as we met with long talks about art, philosophy and concepts for paintings. As our relationship developed it was a natural progression for us to begin to create work together and we felt comfortable
painting on the same canvas. Our synergy is fueled by intuition, conversation and criticism.

Working in oil, with meticulous attention to detail, we paint landscapes of the imagination on canvas and gessoed masonite panel. The painting becomes a meeting place, a threshold between the worlds of imagination and reality, dream and consciousness, the individual and the collective. Incongruent combinations, dual imagery and unlikely scenarios create moments of visual poetry and reveal hidden meanings.

The surrealist movement and the work of the psychologist Carl Jung are major influences on our painting. Surrealism taps into what Jung called the "collective unconscious" and hints at the mysterious connection we all have with each other. There are symbols that resonate across time and cultures. It is through metaphor that we get a glimpse of the universal and find our connection to other human beings, the world, and the eternal.

We invite the viewer to engage with the imagery to discover their own interpretation and to share it with us. It is art as dialogue rather than monologue, a fabric of conversation in which everyone is welcome to participate.

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EDUCATION:

1982 Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

BFA Fine Art
BA Art History - Awarded Highest Distinction

EXHIBITION RECORD:

2009    Miniatures Show
            Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA

2009     100 Years of Art in Mount Holly
            Mount Holly, NJ

2008   *Jim and Lynn Lemyre: Recent Surreal Oil Paintings
            Off Main Gallery, Medford, NJ

2008    Fall Collection F.U.E.L., Philadelphia, PA

2008    *Reveal
            Home Fine Art Gallery, Mount Holly, NJ

2005    *Jim and Lynn Lemyre
            Home Fine Art Gallery, Mount Holly, NJ

2003     Meridian Gallery
            Saratoga Springs, NY

2002     Immaculata College Art Show
            Immaculata College, Immaculata, PA

2000    Take a Second Look
            Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston, VA

1998     Carspecken Scott Gallery
            Wilmington, DE

1996     Medici Gallery
            Philadelphia, PA

1995     *Surreal Oil Paintings by Jim and Lynn Lemyre
            Rehoboth Art League, Rehoboth Beach, DE

*Solo Show

RECOGNITION

2008     Four Bridges Art Festival – Best in Painting
            Chattanooga, TN

2007    Four Bridges Art Festival – Best in Painting
            Chattanooga, TN

2005    Armonk Outdoor Art Show – Poster Artist
            Armonk, NY           

2002    Immaculata College Art Show – Featured Artist
            Immaculata College, Immaculata, PA

1999    Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival – Poster Artist
            Greater Reston Arts Center

1997   Ann Arbor Street Art Fair – Best in Painting
           

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1995    Parabola: The Magazine of Myth and Traditions

contact: info@lemyreart.com - 609.261.7355