A weeklong workshop by Florida
artist, Gayle Bennett taught in Giverney, France,
home of Claude Monet, awakened Lytha’s
passion for color and painting. Even this
1999 experience showed that Lytha was a colorist,
a term Bennett bestowed on her first day of
painting.
Lytha is pursuing a BFA degree from Florida Gulf Coast University, Naples, FL. She also has continued taking workshops taught by Bennett and other artists and has attended Minneapolis College of Art and Design during her summers. 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 also encouraged her to paint big, free and open. Thus, she has added larger abstract pieces to her impressionistic work.
Lytha is pursuing a BFA degree from Florida Gulf Coast University, Naples, FL. She also has continued taking workshops taught by Bennett and other artists and has attended Minneapolis College of Art and Design during her summers. 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 also encouraged her to paint big, free and open. Thus, she has added larger abstract pieces to her impressionistic work.
“Painting is a passion," says
Lytha, "I paint people, animals, landscapes,
and architecture. All of my work is acrylic
and full of color, but my style is varied from
primitive to impressionistic to abstract. I
love expressing in color in many forms!”
Visiting cabins, cottages and homes of friends, Lytha painted “Grandma Moses” style paintings of their homes as thank you gifts. Word spread and commissions for these type paintings has grown tremendously. For five years Lytha and a friend, Sally, operated Art by Lytha and Sally, 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 has been seen at fundraisers for the American Cancer Society, Old Schoolhouse Theater, The Historical Society, Big Arts and Lee Memorial Hospital all in Florida.
Lytha’s professional career as a realtor 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. Having grown up in Michigan, Lytha says that she is happy to be back in a small town atmosphere, surrounded by natural beauty and the changing seasons.
Lytha’s work has been exhibited at Florida Gulf Coast University and The Minneapolis College of Art and Dessign. In Florida her work has been shown at Florida at BIG ARTS, Sanibel Community Center, the Historical Society, The Sanctuary, Captiva Civic Association and Captiva Yacht Club. Currently, her work can be seen at the Blue Ridge Mountains Arts Association.
Lytha is a member of BIG ARTS and the SanCap Art League, Sanibel, Florida and the Blue Ridge Mountain Arts Association, and Southern Appalachian Artist Guild, Blue Ridge, GA.
Feel free to Contact Lytha to discuss a project.
Visiting cabins, cottages and homes of friends, Lytha painted “Grandma Moses” style paintings of their homes as thank you gifts. Word spread and commissions for these type paintings has grown tremendously. For five years Lytha and a friend, Sally, operated Art by Lytha and Sally, 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 has been seen at fundraisers for the American Cancer Society, Old Schoolhouse Theater, The Historical Society, Big Arts and Lee Memorial Hospital all in Florida.
Lytha’s professional career as a realtor 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. Having grown up in Michigan, Lytha says that she is happy to be back in a small town atmosphere, surrounded by natural beauty and the changing seasons.
Lytha’s work has been exhibited at Florida Gulf Coast University and The Minneapolis College of Art and Dessign. In Florida her work has been shown at Florida at BIG ARTS, Sanibel Community Center, the Historical Society, The Sanctuary, Captiva Civic Association and Captiva Yacht Club. Currently, her work can be seen at the Blue Ridge Mountains Arts Association.
Lytha is a member of BIG ARTS and the SanCap Art League, Sanibel, Florida and the Blue Ridge Mountain Arts Association, and Southern Appalachian Artist Guild, Blue Ridge, GA.
Feel free to Contact Lytha to discuss a project.