Ryn Clarke is an educator, visual artist, photographer who experiments with different cameras and techniques, including elaborate nature compositing, photopolymer gravure, encaustic, and hand-colored prints. Ryn holds a fine art degree from Marymount University and has exhibited nationally and internationally; her work is held in private, corporate, and medical collections throughout the US. Ryn is on the board of the Artists Archives of the Western Reserve in Cleveland and a past president of the Cleveland Museum of Arts’ affiliate group, Friends of Photography. She is past Zone X Photography Representative for The Garden Club of America.