ARTIST - Bio, statement, rambles
Welcome to the website of Lydia Burris, otherwise known as Zyphryus in various online circles.
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Artist Statement My aim as an artist is to explore. At times, I allow chance (automatism) to play a major roll in my creation. I am inspired by dreams and fleeting ideas, strange characters and ambiguous emotions. Transformation and the idea of transience are common themes in my work. I grasp onto those things which have no concrete title, and images that fall through the cracks of direct understanding. At times there will be beauty and abstraction, humor, and darkness. Faces accompany emotions, figures follow shapes, and organic forms inspire metaphor. I often give life to shapes or organic forms by inserting a human element. When I am in the studio, I seek new ideas. I work in mixed media. I search for and collect objects and materials to use in my work. I play with textures and colors. I also use digital tools to create remixes of the art I create physically. I always carry a sketchbook that I work in daily. My driving force is to carve my own winding path. I can only hope that others may follow along and discover with wonderment, the unexpected things I uncover. |
Publications Vampire Art Now - Fantastic Art collection, compiled by Jasmine Becket-Griffith and Matthew David Becket. ~ link ~ Winterweir - Savage Worlds Dark Fantasy campaign RPG book. ~ link ~ Interviews, Testimonials and in the NEWS *Interview with Dusk Till Con - ~link~ * Awesome description of my work by Jeff Jones at Blue Moon Rising ~link~ * Small web article about the Fringe lightbox - ~link~ * Spotlight on Lydia by Cindy Paul - ~link~ * Lydia Mentioned in an article by Ryan Checkeye about local Indianapolis 'Comic' and illustrative Artists ~link~ GALLERIES Currently Represented at: * The Renaissance Art and Design Gallery in Carmel, IN. * Urban Optiks in Broadripple / Indianapolis, IN. * The Hive Gallery, 729 S. Spring St. - Los Angeles, CA. Published in: Cd Covers Bookes (covers and inside illustrations) Magazines (covers and inside) Webzines Flyers Programs Logos COLLECTIONS * Private and Public Collections * City Hall permanent collection, Columbus, IN. * Bartholomew County Library permanent collection Read more about me in my Biographical Resume (updated 2009) |
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