Lyn’s work is primarily concerned with the human figure and portraiture, exploring the way in which individuals portray their character through facial expression and posture. This interest has developed from her earlier work that dealt mainly with relationships, exploring the ties between family members, together with recollections of childhood and childhood experiences.
Lyn's subject matter is diverse. Her work ranges from historical portraits to wildlife, re-enactments of bygone eras as well as sleeping sitters. She enjoys working with a self given subject and then producing several paintings under that umbrella. This can be seen on the gallery pages on this website, for example 'The Sleep Series'. Her recent work has included symbolism as well as traditional portraiture. Lyn enjoys the planning and research that also goes into producing these works before the paintbrush meets the canvas.
Throughout past years Lyn has continued to produce self-portraits, often as a narrative of her changing self, some of which have a deliberately confrontational pose. These are often highly personal, for example the series 'Nerve Endings' on this website. Her paintings draw influence from a wide circle of artists, working in various media, but those perhaps exerting the strongest influence on Lyn’s work are Paula Rego, Chuck Close and Frida Kahlo.
Lyn's work has appeared in magazines and also in books, the most recently published of which is 'Portraits for NHS Heroes' published by Bloomsbury in 2020 after the artist, Tom Croft, set up an initiative for portrait artists to paint NHS Keyworkers for free during the Covid Pandemic. Her work has also appeared in the Green Pebble publications 'How Artists See People' and 'The Artist in our midst 2 - East Anglia'. In July 2012 Lyn appeared on the BBC2 arts programme 'Show Me The Monet' and was shortlisted for the Anteros Arts Foundation 'East Anglian Artists Development Prize'.
Lyn appeared on Episode 6 of Sky Portrait Artist of the Year 2018 as a contestant painting the actor Ṣọpẹ Dὶrίsὺ.