APPLE ORCHARD HARVEST by Serene Lincoln
Artist Bio
Serene Lincoln
(they/them)
Serene Lincoln is a locally-based Rhode Island printmaker and painter. They work in the Blackstone Valley, drawing subject matter and narrative from the Cistercian monastic community Lady of the Valley that operated in Lonsdale from 1895 to 1950 when a fire burned it down. The hiking trails, fields, and roads in the surrounding areas are always featured in landscapes of their prints and paintings. Respect and awe for nature have always been central themes in their work.
Drawing from painters such as Charles Burchfield, Fairfield Porter, and Neil Welliver, Lincoln makes shape-based scenes, with color choices inspired by old Romanticist painters and photographer Wallace Nutting. Their prints are sparked by the careful and meticulous early woodcuts of Durer, such as his work in A Ship of Fools, and the sequentially-driven work of Czech woodcut artist Zdeněk Mézl. They look for fluid narratives to depict, and love planning and process to give life to these stories.
Starting their educational journey at Parsons School of Design in 2018, they then transferred to Rhode Island College and Graduated with a Printmaking BFA and Painting BA in the Fall of 2022. They have shown around Rhode Island, Exhibiting their prints and paintings at the Chazan Gallery, Hayden Gallery, and Queer Art Collective (2021), and are showing at the Chazan Family Gallery and The WaterFire Arts Center gallery in 2023 . They were awarded Talent Award in the Spring of 2022 from Rhode Island College.
