Lyn Zick lives in Chesterfield, Missouri, where she is married with three grown sons and six grandchildren.  She has studied Painting and Drawing extensively in the United States and Europe, and her paintings are in Corporate and Private Collections.  Lyn paints and draws in her own studio.  She is a member of the St. Louis Artists’ Guild, St. Louis Watercolor Society where she is a Signature Member, and the Art Alliance of St. Louis.

EDUCATION

• Graduate – University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, B.S. Elementary Education
• Post Graduate
  • University of Paris, Paris France – Painting 1990
  • Lake Como, Italy – Watercolor Workshop and Seminar – August 1997
  • Forest Park Community College – Painting and Drawing Courses – 1995-96
  • Meramac College – Figure Drawing, Painting, Drawing Courses – 1987-96
  • Daniel Greene Portraiture Seminar – 1988
  • Maryville College – Painting 1987
  • Painting with Peggy Carnes – 1980-86
  • Ken Hosmer Workshop – 1999
  • Carl Dahlio Workshop – 1999
  • Joe Fettingis Workshop – 1998 and 1999

ART HISTORY

• Co-Award “Artist of the Year” – 1996 Juried Competitions – SCAA
• 1st Place Oak Leaf Artists Guild Show – 1998  St. Peters Cultural Center
• Best of Show Award – “Watercolor Only” – 1996  St. Peters Cultural Center
• 2nd Place – “Watercolor Only” – 1996  St. Peters Cultural Center
• One Woman Show – “Mostly Watercolor” – 1995  St. Peters Cultural Center
• Harlan Museum – Juried Competition  1994, ‘95, ‘97, ‘98, ‘99
• Watercolor Artist of the Year – 1993  Juried Competitions – SCAA
• Art Judge – Washington, MO – 1994, ’96, 2000  Washington Fair
• Garrett Gallery – Juried Regional Show 2nd Place – 1991  Wilson Hunt Show
• Nine Artists Show – At Academy of Arts Gallery – 1991
• St. Louis Artists’ Guild Show – 1990
• Big Splash Watercolor Show – SLWS Honorable Mention – 1990
• Received Holbein Award – 2004
• St. Louis Watercolor Show – Annual Show
• 1st Place – Senior Olympics – St. Louis Art Division
• Senior Olympics Competition – 1994 Honorable Mention, Art Division
• Award – St. Louis Watercolor Society Annual Show – 2003
• Best of Show – Del Tura – Fort Myers, Florida – February, 2001