I, Lynn Maverick Denzer, build on the past and look toward the future, and live very much in the present doing my art. I am a 5th generation Maverick descended from the Samuel Agustus Maverick family, who were the 1st Anglos to settle San Antonio in the 1800s. His grandson. my grandfather Maury Maverick Sr, had much to do with the pursuits I chose to relate to. MMK was a politician fighting for equality of human rights and he sought cultural awareness and justice. His views were not always popular with the mainstream and he lost his 2nd mayoral election because he stood up for activists such as Emma Teneyuca, who fought for the rights of her people. He was interested in the native and Hispanic culture of Bexar as shown in his work in saving La Villita Historic Arts Village and enhancing its charm by procuring moneys from Roosevelts New Deal programs and establishing a cultural relationship with Mexico. All of this can be read about in the book Old Villita and La Villita Continues, which I continued by republishing and adding the continuing story. This book has several of the watercolors that I painted when co oping in one of the galleries there, after retiring from secondary art and reading teaching. My continued interest in pursuing art comes from a combination of varied interests of life’s mysteries and of plenty of practice and experience in the skills and mediums I use. My subjects are the beauty of nature and the human form. In addition I appreciate ... view more »
Artist Style: Literary: Children, History, Poetry, Prose, Stream of Consciousness; Music: A Cappella; Teaching Artist/Instructor: Group Instruction, Guest Speaker, Instruction for Adults, Instruction for Children, Instruction for Seniors, Multi-Day Artist Residency, Workshop Presenter; Theatre: Improv; Visual Art: Assemblage, Collage, Conceptual, Decorative/Ornamental, Experimental, Expressionistic, Figurative, Focus on Color/Light/Movement, Illustrative, Impressionistic, Landscape/Cityscape, Narrative/Historical, Nature/Wildlife, Photo-Based Painting, Political, Portraiture, Realism, Representational, Social Commentary, Still Life; fauvism and colorist subject symbolic