Lindy Cook Severns
Artiste visuel
Partageant les moments éblouissants de la nature — couchers de soleil, fleurs sauvages, orages, déserts — je peins des œuvres impressionnistes de beauté sauvage pour donner vie à vos murs !
Education
Texas Tech University
1968 – 1972BA, English and Biology
2020 Distinguished Alumnae for the College of Arts and Sciences
Gallery representation
Old Spanish Trail Gallery and Museum, Fort Davis, Texas
Featured Artist
Studio
The easel is always ready for me to step up and paint, and the colorful rug is painter-friendly and a wee bit magical.
Pastel sticks stay lined up on a table to my right, with oil paints and brushes and my palette on a cabinet to my left. There's just enough room fro me to mosey up to my easel and choose which medium I'll paint with next.,
Family heirlooms make my studio a welcoming place. My computer desk is my grandmother's old Singer sewing machine! I keep all clutter out of the studio so I only see things I love.
A tall set of drawers hold all the stuff-- tapes, pens and pencils, stickers, business cards, tools and cutters... and a small basket on the floor holds any temporary art safely. The dog is essential to keeping squirrels and suspicious characters out of my studio while I'm working.
Our parrot has his own platform and collection of toys in the studio, where he plays some but also keeps a critical eye on what I'm doing at the easel.
I keep a table with a self-healing cutting board on it and that space is dedicated to framing. Nothing else allowed on it! All my tools are in a basket on the corner.
Exhibitions
Trappings of Texas Invitational, Museum of the Big Bend
Alpine, Texas
Group exhibition2025Art of the Big Bend, V6 Fine Art
Marathon, Texas
Group exhibition2026The Wild Southwest
Sibley Nature Center, Midland, Texas
Solo exhibition2018
Tools & materials
Pastels
- primarily Terry Ludwig soft pastels supplemented with Schmincke and Girault sticks
- Pastelbord, Dakota Pastel boards, PastelMat or Pastel Premier paper mounted to archival boards
Watercolors
- Horadam Super Granulating Colors, Daniel Smith
- Ampersand Aquabord
- Tintoretto brushes
- Krylon gloss archival acrylic fine art spray varnish
Oils
- Holbein Vernet Super Fine Oil Paint
- Ampersand Gessobord
- Rosemary brushes
- NeoMeglip medium
Gouache
- Horadam
Custom made frames
- Frame Destination wood molding, custom cut
- TruVue Optim Museum Acrylic
Other media
PBS Nationally Aired DocumentaryWESTERN PERSPECTIVE episode 5, 2016 featured artist in this nationally aired PBS documentary on creatives by Cara Carney and Stewart McSpadden
Texas Traditions, Contemporary Artists of the Lone Star State Susan Hallsten McGarry and Michael Duty. Fresco Art Books 2010 Dallas Heritage Auction Gallery Private Show Opening to introduce the book and 3 Artist Panel Interview
Texas Tech College of Arts and Sciences video presentation, QR code attachment to the holiday card by artist Lindy Cook SevernsA video shoot done on location in the Davis Mountains to interview Distinguished Alumnae and Innovator Severns filmed to accompany the holiday greeting card commissioned of Severns by the College