Artist-Lynda Cornwell

Lynda is fascinated by kaleidoscopes and the infinite reflections that can be generated very simply by looking through a hexagonal or triangular tube.Using mirrored card, then mirrored steel she fashioned her own kaleidoscopes to produce unusual effects. Whilst the multiple images immediately tell it is a kaleidoscope, it is not always so easy to see what objects are being reflected. She likes to include strange objects, or perhaps everyday objects seen out of context, to produce bizarre images.Lynda likes the possibilities for illusion and the idea that innately ambiguous signals from the eyes to the brain can be interpreted in several ways. So making images that confuse and make viewers work at understanding is key for her. And if they find them amusing that's good too.

Lynda graduated from Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College in 2003 with a first class BA (Hons) degree in Fine Art Practice and has a MA Drawing As Process from Kingston University and a HND Fine Art Amersham & Wycombe College. At the moment she teaches drawing in Beaconsfield and Chorleywood. Lynda has participated in numerous shows since 2001, such as the Graduate Show of Amersham & Wycombe College, the St Martin's Gallery, St Martin's-in-the-Field in London, the Lennox Gallery, Moore Park Road, London SW6 and in the MA show, Bargehouse Gallery, Oxo Tower, London.