Lynda Howitt is a contemporary Australian artist whose work illuminates the soul and inspires inner wellbeing.

Contemporary Australian artist Lynda Howitt makes abstract paintings that offer an extraordinary soul resonance, aiming to illuminate the soul by evoking its sensibility. Through her unique blend of art, design and spirituality and her free-flowing intuitive process her signature ‘Soulcircle’ work explores her journey of self discovery to deeper sense of self. Her lyrical expressionistic style captures a free-spirited nature, offering a reconnection to the ease grace and flow of our soul.

Lynda Howitt lives and works on the West Coast of Australia in the small coastal town of Geraldton. She received a BA from Curtin University of Technology, Perth. Her work has been shown in New York, California, Sydney and around West Coast Australia. Winner of the ‘richest art prize in Australia’, Lynda’s art and design has been both recognised and awarded. Paintings hang in homes and corporations around the world including Sydney Royal Hospital for Women, and City of Greater Geraldton and designs grace global brands.

“Life is a series of moments to be loved, lived and let go. Our search for a more authentic purposeful life inspires a new found appreciation of life itself. As we embrace a more conscious way of living, it’s the simple pleasures that remind us of the beauty of life and who we really are.”

Born in Uganda and raised in Australia. Lynda explores her own journey of enlightenment, capturing its sensuality and sensibility in the intuitive and spontaneity of her process. Howitt’s work is created in the moment, with no idea of the final result, through an initial free-flow of ink in water, she lets go of the need for control, finds mindfulness, reconnecting with the flow state of the soul.

Her Soulcircles hold layers of meaning and symbolism. The circle representing harmony, balance, wholeness of life, they visually enhance our feeling of being centred and grounded. She creates within water, symbolising emotion, further patterns and animals spontaneously appear offering inner guidance. Her affinity with nature and the sense of light and space has been instilled from an early age and continues to be a guiding influence on her work. She draws inspiration from life’s simple pleasures and natures natural beauty and design.

After a highly successful career as a creative director and graphic designer for agencies around the world, she returned back to Geraldton Western Australia. She works from a little beach house and stands grounded in her gratitude for life and all that it brings.

“The tradition of abstract expressionism and color field painting can be seen in Howitt’s work. The sense of chromatic nuance, subtle gestures and lyricism makes her compositions exhilarating. There is an openness to them that creates an extraordinary resonance.” 

Byron Coleman, Gallery & Studio Magazine NY.

EDUCATION

2016 Timothy Hawkesworth Workshop, Pennsylvania, USA

2006 Art from the Heart Work, Sydney, Australia

2003 Conceptualisation, London

2001 Art and Imagination, London

1990 Bachelor of Arts Degree, Curtin University, Perth, Australia

EXHIBITIONS

2024 Ebb + Flow, Group Exhibition, Travelling Regional Western Australia

2023 Mid West Art Prize, Geraldton Regional Art Gallery, Geraldton WA

2022 Ebb + Flow, Group Exhibition, Bank Gallery, Carnamah WA

2021 Mid West Art Prize, Geraldton Regional Art Gallery, Geraldton WA

2021 The New Seashell, Bank Gallery, Carnamah WA

2020 Seashell, Sealounge Gallery, Geraldton WA

2020 Soulcircle, Light Box Gallery, The City of Greater Geraldton, WA

2019 Soulcircles, Sealounge Gallery, Geraldton WA

2019 Balayi, Group Exhibition, Queens Park Theatre, Geraldton WA

2019 Geraldton Grammar School art auction, Geraldton WA

2019 Sealover, Solo Exhibition, The Exchange Gallery, Geraldton WA

2017 Artist Open House, Villanova, Pennsylvania, USA

2017 Shipley School Art Auction, Pennsylvania, USA

2016 Balwin School Art Auction, Pennsylvania, USA 

2012 Collective Show, Pasadena Gallery, California, USA

2009 Affinity, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2008 Wind Beneath My Wings, Jadite Gallery, New York, USA

2008 Ronald McDonald House Charities art auction, Sydney, Australia

2008 Royal Hospital for Women art auction, Sydney, Australia

2008 Postcode 2008 Group Exhibition, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2007 Soul, Bathers Pavilion Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2007 Ronald McDonald House Charities art auction, Sydney, Australia

2007 St Lucy’s school for disabilities art auction, Sydney, Australia

2006 Signature of Sydney Exhibition, Sydney, Australia

2006 Faces of Mosman, Photo Exhibition touring, Australia, UK, Italy

2006 Faces of Mosman, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2005 Seduced by the Sea, Bathers Pavilion Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2005 Postcode 2008 Group Exhibition, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2004 Postcode 2008 Group Exhibition, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia

ART RESIDENCY

2021 Outback Bloom Wildflower Festival, Mullewa CRC, Mullewa, WA

2021 Ebb + Flow, North Midlands Project, Carnamah, WA

EVENTS

2019 Sealounge Pop Up Gallery & Shop, Geraldton WA

2019 400 Seagulls, Artwork gifting to The City of Greater Geraldton, WA

2020 Sealounge Pop Up Gallery & Shop, Geraldton WA

AWARDS

2023 Finalist - Mid West Art Prize, Geraldton Regional Art Gallery, Geraldton WA

2021 Finalist - Mid West Art Prize, Geraldton Regional Art Gallery, Geraldton WA

2012 Honorable Mention Artavita Juried 2nd Contemporary Masters Comp, USA

2012 Special Recognition Light Space & Time Art Gallery Juried ‘Abstracts’ Comp, USA

2006 Winner ‘Signature of Sydney’ ‘Australia’s richest art prize’, Sydney, Australia

2006 Winner Faces of Mosman Comp, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2001 Winner Best Brand Communications Design Awards, London

2001 Winner Best Brand Comms Brochure Design Awards, London

1995 Winner WA Newspapers Best Ad Design of the Year Awards, Perth

1993 Winner WA Newspapers Best Ad Design of the Year Awards, Perth

1986 First Prize Poster Design Competition, Perth, Australia

1986 First Prize Art Print Exhibition, Geraldton Art Gallery, Australia

1985 First prize Photography Comp, Geraldton Art Gallery, Australia

PUBLIC & CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

Royal Hospital for Women, Sydney, Australia

City of Greater Geraldton, Regional Art Gallery

North Midlands Project, Carnamah, Australia

Corporations and Private home USA / Australia

QUOTES

Howitt is an emerging contemporary artist whose work has received critical acclaim in Australia for its richly emotive and graceful appeal. At the heart of each of Howitt’s abstract creations is a deep appreciation of her environment. Sarah Greenaway - Harvest, Sydney

Howitt has the panache and confidence that we all either secretly or openly desire to possess. She is passionate about living life to the full and inspiring others to do the same. Her paintings are inspiring, mysterious, sensual and intimate. She draws on her love of life, the sea and her soul for inspiration. Having her first exhibition in 2005, she has been recognised as an up and coming artist from Australia. Susan Chiera, Editor The Geraldton Guardian

These paintings of feelings entwined with mystery represent a true form of self expression of some of the innermost feelings of one’s soul. Intimate artworks like these reach out and touch the viewer, resonating with their own experience. The Bathers’ Pavilion (on Soul exhibition) Sean Prum, Freelance Journalist

This artist let her inner voice speak to her visually and the result is ‘Soul’, a collection of stunning artworks which connect on a deeper level and convey emotions. The large format paintings on display are abstract works of texture and colour, based on the sea, sky and symbolism. Australian Art Review

Soul was her latest work. An amazing collection of large paintings touching the very essence of our inner being. Lynda Howitt certainly had people opening their hearts. Sean Prum, Freelance Journalist

Soul, is a collection of stunning artworks which they say “connect on a deeper level and convey emotions”. Australian Photography Magazine

The images are beautiful and unique – soft, gentle, emotive portrayals of the sea. Emma Nicholas, North Shore Times

Admire the lush, dream-like painting in Seduced by the Sea. Unwind snippet – Sydney Morning Herald

Howitt, 36 left Australia’s most lucrative art competition last night $150,000 richer. Her work expressed “the passion and spontaneity of Sydney” Sunanda Cragh, Journalist The Sydney Morning Herald

It’s such a powerful image – everyone in the street can understand it. Benjamin Jung, Signature of Sydney competition

The tradition of Abstract Expressionism and Color Field painting can be seen in Howitt’s work.The sense of chromatic nuance, subtle gesture and lyricism makes her compositions exhilarating.There is an openness to them that creates an extraordinary resonance. Byron Coleman, New York Gallery & Studio Magazine