Born outside of San Francisco in Walnut Creek, in the same year and the with same name as the mass transit system in the bay, I moved with family before the first year, yet am amazed to return to that area and find absolute comfort with the colors. I spent the next 15 years, formative as they were, in Stone Mountain, Georgia, home of place-kickers, professional wrestlers, and friends for a life. That is one big hunk of granite, been here long before me and continues to grow as I age. Erosion at it’s base outpaces it’s transformation to sand. The next 15 years were spent in the greater Phoenix area, which is greater now than then. Dense and sprawling, development spreads across the farm land which replaced desert land in the valley once dams were in place to harvest and control the water. The death of my father. A walkabout brought me to Seattle where hills and water meet to nurture amazing life. A different pace of life, and notions of importance. Small meager living replaced the fast paced technology living that I learned in Arizona. Back to Georgia, Athens, smaller, more rural, more quiet, stranger customs, but common land to that I remember in my rearing days.
Find more of Bart's work at: http://bartlynch.com
Bart Lynch's art appears in the TOOLS issue of Status Hat (April, 2011).
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