Ross Lynem - Painter - Artist

I think the name may be short for beautiful which is so appropriate. Sadly he is no longer here. I know first hand how a dog can occup...

Wow!  It has been a very long while since last i posted. I had not painted all summer! :(  June to Oct. to be exact, having too much ...

A wee fun painting which is a newer  version of an older one i did. It is very enjoyable for me to sit and work on these little villages, ...

These two seem to be up to no good. Perhaps they are going to raid the feed bin? Or they are off to meet up with the bulls in the south pa...

I thought it was time to do another cow painting. I love doing these guys. When i first started painting full-time I painted a cow and man...

This painting was done from a photo on a terrific website called "A Day Not Wasted" . The photographer, Lee Brown graciously pos...

It was a quiet calling that lead me to this painting, not the riot of colorful misshapen villages i am getting so used to.  I felt rather...

I finally got my new brushes in the mail yesterday and had to show them off. These five cost only $39.00 + $10 for shipping. I ordered the...

"Meana" I had the most exciting email yesterday informing me my painting, "Meana" had been selected for North...

These puppies belong to our vet. She has been so good to us with our own two, i thought it would be nice to do a painting for her...

This was another re-do of an older painting i had laying around. I'm finding that by re-doing these pieces it is showing me that often...

This beautiful fellow was a commission for a veterinarian. The pet was not well and sadly had to be put down. The vet wanted to do somet...

Wahoo! This one fought me tooth and nail. Sometimes they can be a wee bit unruly but perseverance pays off in the end. So often i wanted t...

My cousin suggested to me a wee painting with stooks, wagon, horses, grain elevators, and prairie fields, at harvest time. We are origina...

I decided this painting needed new life. It spent the first part of it's short life in a show in Feb. and then on my studio walls but ...

I came across this video on the Liz Wiltzen blog called,   "Live Attuned" .  It is such a beautiful video i had to share it with...

The beginning's of a whimsical take on my town, Calgary. Some of the recognizable places are evident like the "Saddledome",...

Portofino is finally  complete. This was a commission for a lady who saw another one similar to it and asked me to do one for her.  It to...

This is now about 80% complete. I have yet to do the background as I do not quite have a clear image of what it is to be yet. Also the ar...

This is a work in progress based on the Italian village of Portofino. I enjoy taking a real life village and using it as a starting point...