Kathryn Lynch: Time Capsules

New York, NY –  Sears-Peyton Gallery is pleased to present a solo show of oil paintings by Kathryn Lynch. Time Capsules traverses both geography and time, reflecting a lifetime of sustained observation and painterly inquiry. The landscapes include scenes of the Hudson Valley where Lynch now resides, city views from Gowanus and Tribeca, and more recent paintings made in Montauk, NY, where she was a resident at the Edward F. Albee Foundation in 2025. With their strikingly different atmospheres, yet related painterly forms and surfaces, this exhibition of Lynch’s works offers a view from the artist’s perch as keen observer, cultural producer, and witty commentator. 

The passage of time emerges subtly through an unintentional reference to the seasons. For an artist who is always painting, these distinct moments trace cycles of growth, change, and rebirth in the natural world. In “Uncut Grass” (2022) spring daffodils bloom in a field of radiant green light. Lynch paints the fluorescent glow of high summer flowers in “Sunflowers in Heat” (2025) and in “Sunflower Night” (2025) shifts into the deep burgundies of fall as the garden wilts and the growing season draws to a close. In “Winter Woods” (2025) the frozen flowers operate like silhouettes in front of the glow of the white snow. Across the exhibition, the landscapes take on the presence of portraits—rendered with Lynch’s familiar fluency in brushwork, light, and spatial rhythm, and animated by something more elusive: the shape, color, and emotional residue of each fleeting experience.

Kathryn Lynch (b. 1961, Philadelphia, PA) completed her undergraduate degree from Hobart and William Smith College, MFA at the University of Pennsylvania. She has attended residencies at Skowhegan, Yaddo, The Marie Walsh Foundation and The Vermont Studio Center. Her most recent exhibitions include the Center for Maine Contemporary Art Biennial, Rockland, ME; Karma Gallery, Thomaston, ME; Sears-Peyton Gallery, New York, NY and LA; Huxley-Parlour, London; Maya Frodeman Gallery, Jackson, WY; Shrine Gallery, New York, NY, CCA Andratx, Mallorca; TURN Gallery, New York, NY; Victoria Munroe, New York, NY; Drawing Room, East Hampton, NY. She most recently completed the Edward F. Albee Foundation Residency in Montauk.

The exhibition is on view February 19th – March 28^th at Sears-Peyton Gallery in their Chelsea location at 210 Eleventh Avenue. There is an evening reception February 19th from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Exhibitions are open to the public Tuesday-Friday from 11:00 - 5:00pm and Saturdays from 12:00 - 5:00pm. For more information or to request further press images, please contact the gallery at info@searspeyton.com.