September 2025, First Friday w/ Lynn Larsen

About this episode

Lynn Larsen discusses the geological inspiration behind her landscape paintings and the experience of observing mountains.

“Mountains of bare rock, like those on the north side of the Brooks Range, interest me, since devoid of trees, the mountains show their geological journey. In my paintings I always have tried to be true to the land’s geological story, showing the layers and shapes of rocks as they exist today. But the geological history—dating of layers, push of plates, classifying of rocks and minerals—is too linear an understanding and does not capture the experience of sitting before a mountain and looking. All time feels present when silently looking at a mountain; all past and all future become one in the moment." more...

People in this episode

Guest: Lynn Larsen

Topics covered

• geology
• art
• landscape painting
• mountains
• nature
• time

Keywords

• geological journey
• landscape
• mountain painting
• artistic expression
• nature observation

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Brooks Range

More episodes of Artist Talks @ Bunnell

• June, 2026, First Friday w/ Leslie M. Robertson · June 9, 2026 · 5 min
• June, 2026, First Friday w/ Kaitlin Hiller · June 9, 2026 · 7 min
• June, 2026, First Friday w/ Deb Lowney · June 9, 2026 · 8 min
• May, 2026 First Friday w/ Tina Konec · May 4, 2026 · 9 min
• May, 2026 First Friday w/ Oceana Wills · May 4, 2026 · 6 min
• April, 2026 First Friday w/ Tamara Burgh · April 8, 2026 · 29 min