“I paint whatever I am doing. If I am skindiving, I paint tropical fish: conoeing, waterfowl; hiking, wildlife and landscapes. If I am not active, I paint the flowers and virdlife in my yard in Hailey, Idaho. I paint shat I enjoy, and my watercolors reflect the excitement I find working in harmony with nature. When I see a flock in flight or the bright colors of a tropical sea or the beauty of of my surroundings in the wilderness, my feeling is one of spiritualness. I try to tranlslate this awe and wonder into my work. I can not imagine being anything but an artist.”
Lynn Toneri

Lynn belongs to the newest generation of outdoor watercolorists. Painting waterfowl and wildlife connects Lynn Toneri intimately to her environment, and has given her a reverence for nature that contributes to the essence of her work. This has resulted in a lifelong commitment to wildlife preservation. From the beauty of her home in the Idaho mountains to her travels throught the country, she sees everything aroung her as a painting.

Never without a camera, Lynn works from her own reference materials. Her best paintings depend on the subject matter, but they reflect a special, sometimes unrelated, nuance and flash of intuition. Her sense of art comes from deep within her imagination. Backgrounds are as random and unpredictable as the weather itself. Foregrounds, on the other hand, are often emphasized patterns and reflections that the mind’s eye does not normally see in the image portrayed. Although her paintings are not abstract, theyt are not entirely realistic because of her sophisticated and subtle use of color. This can give her pictures an element of interest that goes behond pure representation. She seems indifferent to exact picture-perfect rules and continues to explore the free-flowing direct style that so vividly captures the moods of her subjects.