1990 Acrylic and Watercolour by Lynn Reid

I think it’s time my mom was featured on the web. She was an amazing artist, from paintings to writing to sculpture. She painted everything, if you saw our home, you would see her touch in everything.

I remember huge wall murals she did for my sister and I in our bedrooms. If I remember correctly the first one she did for me, was a huge Star Wars painting that scared the shit out of me. It was beautiful though. Unfortunately because I was scared she painted over it. That must have been hard on her.

I’m not sure, but because of that mural it lead to her painting other peoples houses, restaurants, bathrooms, clothing, everything. She had her own company back in the day called ‘Creative Visuals’. I remember sitting with her one day when I was young and sketching out ideas for her logo. Even though I was young she still used elements of my sketch in her logo. That made me proud!

Her artwork is hard to come by these days, she’s hidden it somewhere in the house. Not sure why, the only thing I can guess is that she got bored of looking at her own work. But that’s just a guess.

My sister, Tiffaney Patmore surprised me this year for Christmas with a framed piece that our mom did. That was the most thoughtful gift I have ever received. It took a lot to hold back tears.

I was so worried that my mom threw out her art and that part of her passed away with her. I look at this painting everyday and think about her and the inspiration and talent that she has given my sister and myself. A lot of my art is based on ideas that my mom came up with years ago. Not in style but in medium.

My Alien Sculpture started as a head, than my mom said ‘Why not make the rest of it?’ She had made a fullsize merry go round horse that’s still at home. I still look at it and am in awe. That was the inspiration of scale and medium that began that project.

My sister and I are so lucky to have her talent. My sister’s artwork keeps blowing me away every time she does a new piece. Hopefully one day, she’ll allow me to share her art and feature it on my site. I think she’s like I used to be and was scared of people judging her art. But like I learned in school, art is meant to be seen and shared.

One last thing that I want to mention, is I think my mom would sign her art as Lynn Reid (her maiden name) because her art, as any artist, is about you and the brush or any medium you use. It was her identity through art.

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