Lynda Fay Braun: Visual Artist

Lynda Braun has been painting abstract art her whole life. The allure of abstract art is that everywhere you look, there are interesting patterns and textures to work with - even in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian. 

Throughout her life, Lynda has always been captivated by the question of what defines beauty and what makes some things more beautiful than others. 

“It’s easy to take a beautiful picture if you’re in the Sierra Desert or at the top of the mountain, but to find something beautiful in your own backyard after Ian wiped through it, that became my subject matter.” 

When she was living in upstate New York, Lynda realized that she didn’t know how to take care of the fruit trees on her property. Naturally, this led her to signing up for a horticulture degree and graduating at the top of her class and becoming a landscape curator for the National Registry of Historic Places. 

Lynda worked curating the gardens at the home of Samuel Morse, the inventor of Morse code, who was also an artist. She continued this work for a decade before moving to Florida and returning to her own artwork. 

“Following the plans and journals that were kept by his gardeners and recreating them made it very satisfying and gave me a sense of being a part of society…which I never did.”

A film by Jacopo Fantastichini.