Lynn Giles
Lynn Giles is a Galena resident, moving here in 1974 after living in Bensonville for a few years after college. Her interest in photography began with her first Brownie camera. She worked her way from a point and shoot camera to a completely manual Pentex and on to digital cameras. Where she once developed and printed black and white images in a dark room, she now fine tunes and prints color images with her computer.
Lynn now combines the classic designs of quilt squares with her original photography to create what she calls "Photo Quilt Squares." The process to make these compositions is similar to quilt making: deciding on a pattern, deciding on material (in this case, images), cutting all the pieces to fit together and assembling them on a piece of card stock. She has learned working with photo paper is more exacting than working with fabric. But the visual effect is worth the effort!
Lynn currently shows and sells her works, both photographic prints and photo quilt squares, as well as note cards, at the Galena Center for the Arts and Hello Galena. In addition, she take part in a number of local art festivals and will do assignments such as event photography. In addition to photography, her interests include gardening, knitting, and travel.
Lynn now combines the classic designs of quilt squares with her original photography to create what she calls "Photo Quilt Squares." The process to make these compositions is similar to quilt making: deciding on a pattern, deciding on material (in this case, images), cutting all the pieces to fit together and assembling them on a piece of card stock. She has learned working with photo paper is more exacting than working with fabric. But the visual effect is worth the effort!
Lynn currently shows and sells her works, both photographic prints and photo quilt squares, as well as note cards, at the Galena Center for the Arts and Hello Galena. In addition, she take part in a number of local art festivals and will do assignments such as event photography. In addition to photography, her interests include gardening, knitting, and travel.
