Lynn Corsi Bland: The Penland Adventure

Mixed Media Artist

I work primarily in acrylics and collage.I use collage and beewax in my assemblage works and am now completing several shrines using found objects. I have been experimenting with encaustic collage and have found the medium very challenging. The paint is a combination of melted beeswax and pigment. A small amount of damar resin is added for hardness. I mix these paints myself and while painting all custom colors are mixed directly on a hot palette.

I will share my progress with this exciting medium with photos of work in progress and finished pieces.

Monday, May 2, 2016

The Penland Adventure

After hearing so much about Penland School of Art I finally got the chance to go as a studio assistant.
My friend Lisa Pressman, encaustic artist extraordinaire, asked me to assist her there after assisting her at Arrowmont in 2014. She had also invited Cherie Mittenthal the director of Casselhill School of the Arts.There were two of us assisting which made it much less work and a lot more fun!

So after packing up way more than I could use, I jumped in my car and headed that way. Penland is located about in the NC mountains and the gps took me through a lot of back roads and beautiful scenery.

After checking in I couldn't wait to see our workspace. I had heard we were in the "new" building.

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And not only was it new but it was amazing!Check out the ventilation system in this photo.

There were two workstations facing eachother and a ventilator between us to hover over our pallettes.

This is of course before the students arrived and we messed it up!

Busy Busy Busy!

The view from our studio porch. We were on the second floor.

The dining hall

The Welcoming committee. Classes started on the eve of Easter. There was an egg hunt, community brunch, and bonnet and costume contests. Wrapping up with a huge bonfire on the grounds behind the dining hall. Such a fun day!

Let the art begin:

The underpainting

Lisa's demo on making the underpainting, or "history"
She uses india ink, encaustic paint and medium, woodies,
made by stabilo and( yes they can and will write on a
wax surface), graphite.

Stay tuned for the work!

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Artist Biography

Born in Daytona Beach, Florida, Lynn Corsi Bland, is an artist who works in a variety of media. Her Constructive Design degree is from Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida. Bland’s work is a combination of paint and wax with found objects to create unique compositions. It has been featured in numerous shows and group exhibitions including The Arrowmont School of Arts Biennial juried exhibition, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, The National Collage Society Annual Exhibitions, Hudson, Ohio, Jack Art Gallery Juried Encaustic Show, Atlanta, Georgia, The National Collage Society Postcard Show, New York, New York, The 2011 Sketchbook Project, Brooklyn, New York, Mason Maurer Fine Art, Atlanta, Georgia The Encaustic Art Institute Juried Show, Cerrilos, New Mexico. The work has received awards and been show cased in numerous magazine publications. Material Visions and Signatures are two books that have included the artist’s work. She holds the distinction of being a Signature Member of the National Collage Society. Living and working in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, in the Great Smoky Mountains, gives the artist an abundance of inspiration to draw from.