Lynn Savery

"Beauty has long been dismissed by the contemporary art world as superficial and vain but as Agnes Martin explains, ‘beauty is the mystery of life.’ It stirs emotions, captures hearts and enchants minds. It is also unpredictable. We cannot foresee what, where or when someone or something will strike us as beautiful. It may be sudden or shocking, or it may be slowly seductive", says Lynn Savery of this work.

Savery’s paintings possess a strong sense of style and carry layers of mystery and introspection. Her subject matter seamlessly melds into stories in which every detail is attended to. Constantly inventing distinct mise-en-scenes in her head and drawing on historical references, Savery aims to translate the past into contemporary renditions of romanticism.