Derek James Lynch


My work focuses on dissecting and rearranging forms derived from the architecture of San Francisco to create new perspectives on our environment.

The outcome can be whimsical and yet it offers a serious socio-political commentary on the changes to our urban landscape. My perception of reality, and how I interpret it, was shaped by the implications of the housing scandals of the last decade.

I am attempting to combine these observations to create a compilation of connective awareness.

In 2006, I began working with polymers submersed in ink, pencil markers, acrylic paint, and archival pigment. My use of these materials has become a prominent feature of these works.

I was fortunate to attend the School of the Visual Arts in New York City in the late 70’s with artists such as Keith Haring.