When I paint, I aim to express a feeling or a mood of the object rather than to create an exact picture. Lena Thynell got her education in watercolor painting at the Gerlesborg Art School in Sweden. She is an art instructor at the Art Alliance of Central Pennsylvania. She paints “en plein – air” which gives her much joy and new inspiration. Lena achieved Pennsylvania Watercolor Society Signature Status, PWS, in 2015, Philadelphia Watercolor Society Signature Status 2016 and Baltimore Watercolor Society and Pittsburgh Watercolor Society Signature Status 2017 and has won several awards since her move to the USA in 2011