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G. Augustine Lynas
233 West 83rd Street, New York, NY 10024
1(212) 799-0675  Fax: 1(212) 799-4429
Email: GLynas@aol.com
Sculptor:
Best known for ephemeral forms in sand and snow. Featured in world-wide media including: The New York Times, New York Magazine, Games Magazine, The Associated Press, ABC TV's "That's Incredible," and featured on HBO, ABC, CBS, NBC, and PBS.
Commissioned to build snow sculpture at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games. Co-produced documentary films about sand and snow sculptures. Featured subject of documentary film for Japan Public Television's program "New Yorkers". Created 25 foot sand portrait of Robert Moses at Robert Moses State Park for cover of NY Daily News Magazine. Built 65 foot sand sculpture for NY State Parks’ 70th anniversary of Jones Beach. Commissioned by NYC Dept. of Parks & Recreation to sculpt elaborate concrete sand pit in Riverside Park on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Currently producing  98 sq. ft. high relief ceramic tile architectural frieze depicting 15 animals of the region on 280 tiles for Hoffman Nature Center, Muttontown, Long Island, NYSpring,
2000;  Sculpted huge concrete painted sculptures, including: 150 ft. painted snake in 4 segments, with optical illusion pavement murals, a 200 sq. ft. concrete turtle, and 4 baby turtle eggs (3 plumbed with spray showers), 5 realistic marine creatures in high relief for pavement impressions, and 11 carved cedar totem poles in Lenape Playground, Marine Park, Brooklyn. Client; NYC Parks & RecreationSummer, 2001; Sculpted 400 sq. ft. concrete, painted turtle sculpture for McCarrin Park in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Client; NYC Parks & Recreation.Summer, 1999; Sculpted cold cast bronze merman fountain for private garden in NYC.  Summer, 1998; Sculpted elaborate sculpted ceramic tile fireplace of 116 tiles for private home in Hillsdale, NY. Sculpted and installed 27 cold cast bronze, larger than life-size harbor seals, 18 life-size bronze river turtles and crabs for East River Park, Manhattan for NYC Parks & Recreation.
Other sand works include: sand sculpture installations at the New York Hall of Science, The NY Daily News Building, Tribeca Film Festival, Jones Beach Anniversary, East Hamptons Beach Festival and numerous private and environmentally sensitive events.
Graphic Design, Art Direction, Illustration, Film / AV: Full range of services for print, audio visual, and web including concepts, copywriting, logos, illustration, photography, production management and quality control. Produced Claymation video and video instruction at IS 145 in Queens, and film and slide presentation for the education department at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Web design for Sandsong.com, Stopping Overshopping, Maho Bay Camps, Inc. Luggagefree, Inc. Chatham Alpacas, DiscAbilities, Inc.
Clients have included: Alliance for Downtown NY, Anthony Furman, Inc., Empire Entertainment, Inc., IBM, Beth Israel Medical Center, Dicapo Opera Theatre, Medicare Beneficiaries Defense Fund, Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra, Child's Play Communications, Inc., The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Phoenix Films & Video, Lincoln Stationers, The New York Daily News, Memorial Sloane Kettering Cancer Center, The Small Press Center, Maho Bay Camps, Inc., Art Horizons International, Riverside Park Fund, NYC Parks & Recreation, Delta Enterprises, Baby Boom, Inc., On All Fours, Inc. and many smaller clients.
1977-1986: Creative Director & Founding Partner, Multi-Media Masters, Inc. A film, audio-visual and print production company which produced several independent documentary films, including "Sandsong" and "Olympic Village Journal" and has won numerous film industry awards.Co-executive producer and artist of "Sandsong", a documentary film about sand sculpture. Winner of the Blue Ribbon at the American Film Festival and CINE Golden Eagle. Selected by  American Library Association as one of the year's best films in 1981.
1983: Author, sculptor, photographer, book designer and packager of Sandsong, Ephemeral Sculptures by G. Augustine Lynas (St. Martin's Press). This book contains 3,000 words of text and 109 photos, in black and white and color, with captions.
1971-1991: Adjunct Professor, Pratt Institute, School of Art and Design.
Taught courses in Visual Communications, Graphic Design Studio Procedures and Illustration. Currently tutoring privately and teaching enrichment programs in public schools in NYC, Nassau and Westchester Counties.
1965-1968: Vice President / Art Director, The Lion Press, juvenile book publisher in NYC. Responsible for book design, production, quality control and promotional materials.1964-1965: Book Designer / Assistant Art Director, McGraw-Hill Book Co., Juvenile Book Division. Responsible for nearly 300 titles, cover to cover. Designed educational games and aids, and some packaging and promotional materials including catalogs and brochures and illustration.
1960-1965: Magazine / Book Designer, Meredith Publishing Co. Responsible for layout and design of Better Homes and Gardens annuals, Cookbooks, Handyman Book and others.
Formal Education:
BFA, Graphic Design, The Kansas City Art Institute, with minors in Painting and Sculpture. Active in student government. 1964 Peace Corps training program for Turkey. Courses in Typographic Design at NYU Graduate School. Proficient in Quark XPress, Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, PageMaker, and most design and production software.
Personal:
Married, three children, excellent health, interests include inventing, writing and playing music, cycling and professional flying disc sports, including co-running two national flying disc tournaments in NYC. Founder of the New York Flying Disc Institute (NYFDI) for promotion of all flying disc sports.
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