What some painters achieve in oils, Bynar masters in watercolors: precision of detail, depth of color, a vibrancy evolved from her unique method. She speaks of her belief in excellence, "To use white paint is to admit one's mistakes. Watercolor is largely unforgiving, and I demand much of the medium. I've painted for over two decades and believe this insistence on excellence is crucial.”

Her paintings pull us in, not just through their precision and radiance, but by their themes: a man committed not to life or death, but rather simply existing; a woman who thinks she is trapped inside a box, and the man who thinks he’s trapped her. Her human subjects tell stories about themselves, sometimes pretty, sometimes challenging ---always truthful.

Bynar has brought herself and her work a long way. She was born in Sun Valley, Idaho, May 5, 1966, to a hospital housekeeper and a miner and painter. She won the Scholastics Art Award in 1983 and 1984, held her first exhibitions in 1988 in Flagstaff’s Macy's Coffee Shop and Gallery, where she established a loyal base of patrons who commissioned her for portraits.


The Prisoner
19" x 19"
watercolor

Girl With the Grey-Green Eye's
37" x 28"
watercolor

What I Could Have Been
36" x 31"
watercolor

The Marrow
36" x 30"
watercolor

Dragonfly
77" x 54"
watercolor

The Boxed Woman
watercolor


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