An art major in the 60’s at the
University of Michigan, Lytha left school to
become a wife, mother and later a Realtor. In
1999, a weeklong workshop by Florida artist, Gayle
Bennett taught in Giverney, France, home of Claude
Monet, reawakened Lytha’s passion for art,
color and painting. This experience showed that
Lytha was a colorist, a term Bennett bestowed on
her the first day of painting. Since then she has
continued to take workshops and has attended
Florida Gulf Coast University, Minneapolis College
of Art and Design and is now completing a
Bachelors of Fine Arts degree at North Georgia
College. The combination of influence by workshop
leaders and professors has taught her to see what
is in front of her and create what is inside her.
These influences have encouraged her to paint big,
free, loose and open. Lytha enjoys teaching and
shares what she has learned giving classes and
workshops.
“Painting is a passion," says
Lytha, "I paint everything! My work is acrylic,
varies in style and is full of color. I love
expressing color in many forms!” Her
paintings today might be called”
impressionistic realism”. (see Lytha’s
Gallery) She also does primitive paintings by
commission, of homes, cabins and businesses. (see
Primitive Art) For five years Lytha and a friend,
operated a Sanibel Island business that used their
talents to enhance a theme, create new
surroundings and bring playfulness, charm and
color to convert space to a new environment. Their
work was seen at large events and fundraisers for
the American Cancer Society, local theaters,
museums and hospitals in Florida. (see Art by
Lytha and Sally). Lytha is a past member of
several art associations in Florida and a current
member of the Blue Ridge Mountain Arts
Association, Southern Appalachian Artist Guild,
Blue Ridge, GA. and GAHA, Ellijay, Georgia.
Lytha’s real estate career specializing in resort property has carried her from the Finger Lakes of New York to the islands of southwest Florida and now to Blue Ridge, GA. Each place has offered incredible natural beauty to stimulate the creative mind.
Lytha’s real estate career specializing in resort property has carried her from the Finger Lakes of New York to the islands of southwest Florida and now to Blue Ridge, GA. Each place has offered incredible natural beauty to stimulate the creative mind.