Ross Lynem - Painter - Artist

My most recent work. Think the paint is still a bit damp.  These chickens are fun to do. I've added the roosters and small farm in the...

 I call this one "Small Town".  Another in the whimsical take on small villages, winter scenes. I enjoy doing these and love to se...

I called this guy "Strider". I found him hanging around a garbage bin one day and took a few photos. Thought i might try to do it ...

This is my one and only oil painting. I think i will have to break them out again as i really enjoy the freedom you have with oils. My son...

I saw a photo of a lady bug and got the idea for this painting. Once again i used the complementary colors of red against green. i tried to ...

I love crows and ravens and often go out to gather a few photos of these very entertaining characters. This one was watching me from his per...

This is a painting i did of my step-daughter Kat. She appears in lots of my whimsical landscape paintings and is such a good little model. S...

This is a portrait of a friends little girl. I thought i had gone to far with it and some of the paint became muddy. I thought i would try g...

My son's girlfriend has this adorable little Beagle/Pug cross. I think he is called a "Bug". "Peagle" does not sound...

Okay, i don't always do winter scenes. Just to prove it here is a landscape i called "Sundown". I love strong patterns and the...

Yet another winter scene. The gallery owner i show in was telling me winter scenes are not as popular as summer ones. People feel cold when ...

I got the idea for this one from a vase i saw in a book. The patterns and colors were really dramatic and I simply had to put that to good u...

i love doing these whimsical winter scenes. They are mostly made up, but i do try to find a photo of a mountain scene or village first to st...

A dog commission i did of a little Beagle. Her owner loved red but i just got lucky with the background because i did not know she liked red...

This cow was not impressed that i lay in her field like a dead gopher. She was brave enough to come up to take a closer look and that is whe...

I had great fun with this one. It is called "The Wedding Party". I also had "The Groom" and "The Bride"!  I ha...

A year ago i went to Holland to see the Van Gogh museum. What a thrill that was, and one i highly recommend.  While i was there i went to a ...

This is another of my reflection series. The original boat was tied up at a dock in Nanaimo on Vancouver Island. It is such a joy to do the ...

I took a photo of these birds on a fence when we were on vacation on Gabriola Island this past summer. I just loved the way they were gather...

This is one of my favorite paintings to date.  It is an imaginary harbor town loosely based on  Staithes in England. I love to do whimsical ...