Lynda Throop
Artist & Felter
Lynda was born and raised in Ontario with a love of all things creative. Through marriage, she was introduced to the Maritimes and spent many summers on the shore of the Belleisle Bay in NB, painting and collecting reference material. Workshops and night classes back in Ontario provided the practical education in oil painting, pastels and drawing while raising a family of three boys with her husband.
In 2011, she was able to make a permanent move to the Eastern provinces, starting in New Brunswick and then in late 2019 moving to Truro Nova Scotia. During a visit with a friend in 2018 she was introduced to a whole new way of creating through the art of needle felting. She has made a line of 3D creations as well as 2D wool paintings, selling them in shops here in Nova Scotia and in New Brunswick. This year she hopes to add more sculptural work to her collection, using found objects from nature to stage her wool creatures and birds. As well, she has been using the 2D felting to illustrate some children’s stories.
While her oil painting took a back seat to felting during covid, she has been renewing her love of the medium as well as stretching out into experimenting with cold wax and oil. With things opening up again, she hopes to participate in shows and meet other artists while enjoying life and grandkids in this beautiful province.
You can see my felting at: www.lyndathroop.com
