"A painting should speak to your soul"

Choosing pastel as her medium, Lyn Asselta creates vivid, thoughtful images of places that tug at her heart.  These images are often purposefully meant to make her viewers feel as though they have stumbled upon a place of quiet strength and solitude.  She chooses to create a narrative in her images, but welcomes and encourages you to create your own. 

ARTIST'S STATEMENT

How can I explain to you what it feels like to stand in a forest and imagine that silence is a living thing, breathing between the leaves and the sunlight?  How can I explain the way sea foam skitters and catches amongst slippery, wet rocks at the ocean's edge during a winter storm?  Words aren't always adequate, so I feel compelled to paint those feelings.  

The challenge of painting what I feel is what continues to interest me most.