My most recent compilation of work has evolved out of my study of indigenous peoples and practices from around the world, particularly ancient healing traditions as discovered by shamans through our early history to our current time.

The sculptures, as physical artifacts, developed as objects of emotional and spiritual significance, - symbols of the psyche, if you will.  The portrait paintings are impressions from the emotive realm in which I live.

I liken myself to a traveler in artistic pursuit; the jungles and rainforest of South and Central America; the rural villages that dot the vast desert landscape of Morocco and Tunisia; the contrasts and contradictions disclosed in India; the island rhythms of the West Indies; the embolden heritage that makes up Europe, - these are the array of realities that I glean from.

Bio

Claudia Flynn has been awarded three project grants from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts to facilitate Art and Healing workshops for adults struggling with psychiatric issues.  She received a BFA in Sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design, and studied in Italy with RISD's European Honors Program.

Claudia is a recipient of the Innovators' Program  Award for Original Art in a Publication by the John Hopkins University Press.  This past year she won the Roger King Fine Art Award for Painting at the Newport Art Museum Annual.  She will be mounting a solo exhibition of her work at the museum in the fall of 2014.