Lynn Sisler MFA ’21
Lynn Sisler (b.1969, Rockford, IL, USA) earned a BFA in painting with a minor in Art History from Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, IL and an MFA from Maine College of Art and Design in Portland, ME. The artist is represented by the Elizabeth Moss Gallery in Portland and Falmouth, ME and had her first two-person show in this commercial gallery in 2024.
My work is driven by a deep longing to tell visual stories woven with childhood memories, imagination, and a yearning for healing. I draw inspiration from origin stories, folklore, and children’s book illustrations, where humans and other species share ancestral ties, ancient bonds, and profound truths about relationships, life, and death—all depicted in imaginative, whimsical color. Figures overlap to create new affinities and kinships, evoking an ethereal space and unfolding imagined narratives within a magical, folkloric world. By crafting an idealized refuge where these figures exist among flowers, my work serves as a counterbalance to an increasingly hostile world.
Talisman by Lynn Sisler MFA ’21
