Batik artist Lynn Blaikie was born in Southern Ontario and moved to the Yukon Territory at the age of 18. It was in the small mining community of Elsa that she first discovered batik; a ray of colour in a long dark winter. A nine month strike gave Lynn an opportunity to fall in love with the huge vats of liquid colour that she used to create her earliest works of art.
Lynn Blaikie's exposure to other batik artists has been limited in the far North, however, Lynn feels that in some ways her isolation has been an asset. The many years of private development and discovery have resulted in a very unique personal style employing both the traditional vat dying methods as well as inks and pens. Lynn brings to her art a joie de vivre, and an exuberance which celebrates life, living and nature.