ABOUT
Jaunty sunflowers in the full spectrum of the rainbow and splashy tropical flowers in neon colors, Summer Lydick’s paintings are bright, bold, and invigorating. A self-described Georgia O'Keefe of the Tropics, Lydick splits her time between Houston and Costa Rica painting flowers that are playful, flirty, lush, and beautiful. Lydick draws inspiration from her tropical garden full of giant sunflowers, long walks with her dogs, and traveling the world.
After getting her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in art, Summer painted on her balcony in Paris for an exhibition there, completed large scale public murals for cities and corporations, infused her colorful aesthetic into the total redesign of a children’s wing of a church, drew with locals on the coast of India, created the artwork for the individual suites of a private hotel in Costa Rica, and executed large
window displays of her work for the luxury retailer Tootsies. She also singlehandedly created a pop-up show in Miami for the launch of her favorite author, Elizabeth Gilbert’s book, Big Magic, before welcoming Gilbert to the stage.
A resident of Houston, TX, Lydick is a full-time artpreneur showcasing her bright colorful paintings at art festivals, public and private shows. Her work is collected all over the states and abroad with clients
in Germany, Paris, New York City, and Bermuda. Public collections include Lamar Universitv, the Art
Museum of Southeast Texas, Jefferson Regional Airport, Bush Intercontinental Airport, SheSpace, Memorial Herman Hospital, and Google.
ARTIST STATEMENT
I paint big, colorful flowers and tropical plants. I am fascinated by the repetitive shapes, the colors, and the energy of plants and flowers. Each are so unique and different, almost as if they have little personalities. I love big bold varieties, like sunflowers, zinnias, and giant dinner-plate hibiscus. I love the jurassic and humid exoticism of tropical flowers like ginger, protea, jade vine, and lobster-claw heliconia. Then I also love the teeniest of tiny flowers like baby's breath, alyssum, milkweed, and lantana. I could paint them for hours and never get tired of it. I grow sunflowers in the suburbs! I keep my garden chock-full of all of these types so I get to live with them and study them and have breakfast with the bees most mornings. My garden is my sanctuary, my metaphor for life, my spiritual teacher and my mirror. It's another more messy and unpredictable form of my creativity.
I'm sharing my view of the world in my art. I'm sharing what makes me feel excited, alive, at peace, and in love. I was depressed for over 15 yrs
in my life, and I noticed that color always made me feel better. I find it's the best antidepressant - it's readily available, it's FREE, and there are no side effects!! There's enough heavy negativity in the world these days, so I'm doing my part to put positive energy back out there. Color saves lives! It inspiring, uplifting, and life-giving. My art is about beauty, color, joy, and ultimately, it's about hope.
