Ross Lynem - Painter - Artist

A make believe town at a bend in the river. Some of the town folk and their dogs are out on the ice enjoying the sunny day.... a solitary ...

 I've been busy at the studio this month trying to get work ready for a very patient gallery. My paintings are now taking longer to do, ...

 I'm looking forward to continuing on this theme of whimsical villages. I have a few more designs in various stages of completion just n...

 This is watercolor on 400 lb. Arches Cold pressed paper. I just love that heavy paper. 

"Proctor" A small lake side village in the central part of B.C. I spent an afternoon there drawing one day and then used the drawi...

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...