ALICE FLYNN Born 1951, Great Falls, MontanaBS in Fine Art, Montana State University, 1974
Major media - painting and printmaking, mentor Bob Deweese
Delta Phi Delta, Academic Honorary for Art & ArchitectureMy fine art has been exhibited in galleries located in
Virginia, Washington D.C., Washington state, Wisconsin, and Montana.
Work is currently represented by The House of Fine Art.
Prepare to be moved to emotion, drawn into your own memories of people and places, when you view the art of Alice Flynn. The academic may view Alice's paintings with an eye for the formal elements of composition, tracing the line of shape and color from the head of a dog to the brim of a hat in "Blackie and Pete". The shape of a shadow cast by a tree or figure is as important as any other detail. Whether painting an open landscape that evokes Montana, or the peak of a volcano in El Salvador, Alice's work depicts a soulful connection to her art and an understanding of the post-impressionist ideas of shape, line and color, the elements Cezanne brought forth in modern art, making painting an end in itself.
Expect to be drawn immediately from the formal elements of painting to the evocative images of figures and landscapes that are the subject of Alice's work. In her own words, Alice states, "Becoming an artist set me on a path to find my place in my family and in Montana. It became a visual expression that is a celebration of the strength of self reliance and independence. The landscape in which I place figures is expressed like a memory or a dream, an archetypal Montana place of airiness, atmosphere, endless horizon and soft layers of color. The joy I find in my work involves creating lines and shapes of color. Seeing a horizon line or the head of a figure come forth like a melody line across the canvas, with repeated notes, one beat picking up and carrying to the next - this gives me a thrill when I paint. It is an added thrill to have a viewer emotionally connect to the images I create."
Born in Great Falls in 1951 and raised in Helena, Montana, Alice moved to Bozeman in 1970 to study fine art at MSU with teachers Bob DeWeese and Jessie Wilber. Her degree in 1974 in painting and print making began a professional career in fine art and illustration. Her paintings, drawings and prints are in both private and public collections. Her illustrations include book cover art for Penguin Putnam, magazine illustration and souvenir illustration for national parks and resorts.
Selected Exhibitions of Fine ArtNew Visions Gallery, Marshfield, Wisconsin
CULTURE AND AGRICULTURE, juried, 1991, 1992, 1995American Society of Landscape Architects, Washington D.C.
ART IN PUBLIC PLACES, 1992Wetherholt Gallery, Washington D.C.
TWENTY TWO INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS, juried, 1992Wetherholt Gallery, Washington D.C.
IMAGES OF COLOR, juried, 1991Danforth Gallery, Livingston, Montana
ALICE FLYNN, 10 YEAR RETROSPECTIVE, 1984Gallery II RSVP, Charlottesville, Virginia
EMERGING ARTISTS, juried, 1983Artifacts Gallery, Bozeman, Montana
POWER LINES - MONTANA, MEXICO, EL SALVADOR, solo show, 1983Gallery West, Butte, Montana, represented from 1978-79
Haynes Gallery, Montana State University Bozeman, 1978
Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum, Spokane Washington
MONTANA TODAY, THREE REALIST PAINTERS, invitational, 1978Lewistown Art Center, Lewistown, Montana
ALICE FLYNN PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS, invitational, 1975
Some Collections and Commissions of my workDr. Fergus McKiernan, Marshfield, Wisconsin
Freeman Butts collection, Livingston, Montana
Gary Bates, Amsterdam, Montana
Nancy Cohn Morgan, Durango, Colorado
Sy Sussman collection, Las Vegas, Nevada
Dr. Melvin Bayly, Evanston, Illinois
Robert Jewell, Helena, Montana
Hiro Kawasaki, Olympia, Washington
David Reynolds, Bozeman, Montana
Nona C. Volk, Brooklyn, New York
DeWeese family, Bozeman, Montana
Danforth Gallery, Livingston, Montana
Michael Devine, Livingston, Montana
Patricia Baker, Denver, Colorado
Montana State University School of Art
Montana Ballet Company
Gallatin County Historical Society
Savage family, Bozeman, Montana
Lectures/TeachingMSU, Bozeman, Montana, Guest Lecturer
School of Art, "Influences - My Career As An Illustrator", 1995MSU, Bozeman, Montana, Guest Lecturer
School of Art, "Careers in Graphic Design", 1990Beall Park Art Center, Bozeman, Montana
Painting Instructor, 1983Feathered Pipe Ranch, Helena, Montana, Lecture
"Paintings, Drawings and El Salvador", 1979
I live and work in Montana, USA.Illustration Client list includes:
Host Marriott, Art Unlimited, Diport USA, Islander Sportswear,
High Range Graphics, Shastawear, Mother Earth News Magazine,
Penguin Putnam Philomel BooksWhen I'm not at my computer or easel, I am singing.
email - alice@aliceflynn.com