Lynn Sisler MFA ’21 of Menagerie Fine Art Studio
Lynn Sisler received her MFA at Maine College of Art in 2021 and completed a BFA in painting with a minor in Art History from Northern Illinois University in 1991. Sisler received the prestigious Hildreth Family MFA Scholar Award, the Hale Residency at the Artist Association of Nantucket, and has shown work at the Zuckerman Museum. She is a long-time educator, runs Menagerie Fine Art Studio, her online shop, and is represented by Elizabeth Moss Gallery in Portland, ME. Lynn Sisler’s work stems from a deep longing to tell flora and fauna stories interconnected with remnants of memory, imagination and a constructed spiritual ecology. These remnants—ghostly vestiges of sorts—leave a residue behind after a loss, and are evidence of ever-present change and cycles in the living world. Her paintings celebrate the unpredictability, mystery, and chaos of the cosmos through expressive color, sensitive lines, and vibrant patterns; all of which help to re-envision different ways of seeing and ponder alternative realities. Flowers decorate animals, and animals eulogize the flowers in a symbiotic relationship. Figures overlap to create new affinities and kinships, evoking an ethereal space and imagined narratives in a magical, folkloric construct. The nature of oil paint allows her to explore what is hidden and what comes into the light, both compositionally and metaphorically.
Anomaly by Lynn Sisler MFA ’21
