Lynda Walker

Artist Statement

During a simple partial epileptic seizure, there are various individual symptoms which may occur to the person, who retains consciousness but is unable to control the seizure. In Simple Partial on a Dark Terrain, the two hemispheres of the brain are shown as interfering and imposing on the figure, who is broken up into different bodies, crashing around, and placed in a nervous, nightmarish world. In this I want to recreate the frightening, inner landscapes of emotions often not communicated by people who are familiar with the surreal territory seizures bring.

Catalogue Description

Lynda Walker was born in Regina in 1964, and was diagnosed with epilepsy at the age of fifteen. She completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Regina in 1989. Her art reflects different concerns at different stages of her life: paintings and sculptures concerned with environmental degradation (c. 1989); experiences with epilepsy (c. 1993); human rights (wire, 1994-2000); apartheid (mixed media, 2000-2002); and the war industry (wax, 2002-2004). She is the recipient of two Saskatchewan Arts Board grants and has shown her work throughout Saskatchewan and Alberta.