Bonny is a modern impressionist who uses imagination and intuition to interpret the moment. She enjoys exploring new shape and color relationships. Influenced by the Modernists, Lundy abandons traditional rules, celebrating innovation and spontaneity. Watercolor is clear, letting light in. The water moves and flows with such ease. The flexibility of watercolor adds surprise and encourages unexpected processes.

Bonny Lundy was born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and lived there until 1975. From an early age she was fascinated by the natural world which she depicted through her imagination combining reality with symbolism and fantasy. Plants, birds, mountains, woodlands, ocean, marshland often appear in her creations. In still life she creates stories with objects that represent feelings through color or shape combinations.

Bonny studied painting and ceramics at Goddard College and has a BFA 1980 in painting from Lake Erie College. Watercolor has always been her preferred medium for it’s spontaneity, glass like color, and fluidity. Among her many her many favorite artists are Matisse, Monet, Wolf Kahn, Gerhardt Richter, John Singer Sargent, and Albert Pinkham Ryder. Bonny currently owns Pleasant View Studio in Brookeville, Maryland. Her award winning artwork is included in many US private and public collections including Sandy Spring Museum, Nat Park Service, US Council on Aging, and Geico. Lundy has been teaching drawing and watercolor for forty years at Glen Echo Park and Yellow Barn Studio. Her other teaching venues have included Smithsonian Associates, Frederick Community College, the Delaplaine Art Center, and Artists and Makers Studios. A juror, she also offers popular art talks, demonstrations and critiques. Bonny coordinates and leads plein air painting workshops to Honduras, Costa Rica, Italy, France, Sedona, Santa Fe, Taos, Lewes, New England and the Shenandoah Mountains plus other amazing places yet to be explored.