Initially Lyn Mellady was trained teacher, with a distinction for Art at Teachers College, but her art took over and she has exhibited her oils and pastels in Australian art galleries for 4 decades. Her subjects range from her temperate forest and rivers, portraits with Fusionsix and lately she has returned to the favoured haunts and beach holidays of her youth. She has gained a strong reputation and following for her work with waves and shoreline. Lyn has artworks in five city government collections in Australiaand Japan, plus one hung in Parliament House in Canberra, innocently titled "in Safe Hands" She has been mainly a gallery artist but has also has earned many Best Oil, Best Pastel and Best in Show art awards.
Her artworks in pastel or oil, show visible sensitivity well beyond the image and her work is sought by many who recognise this feeling.
Lyn runs workshops and judges art shows in Melbourne and across Australia and is a juror for an international art website:- www.landscapeartistinternational.com
She takes art tours sponsored by International Artist Magazine and Travelrite.
After many requests, Lyn is producing a range of DVDs which will show her demonstrate a painting while sharing her thoughts, reasons and methods.
Nine art reference books feature Lyn Mellady, including:-
Luminous Pastel by Linda Hibbs.
the Kennedy Press editions ofBest of Worldwide Portrait and Figurative Artists 2012.
Best of Worldwide Artists working in Charcoal, Pastel and Pencil both 2010, and 2011.
About Face - the story of the permanent collection by the artists of Fusion Six .
Detour - by Fusion six Young people who have had a hard journey in life.(booklet)
Australian and New Zealand Artists and Galleries by Max Germaine
Australian Artists Today, Vol 2 - Grahame Norris
50 Australian Artists by Artists Inc
In 2010 Lyn was selected for the on line collectors edition of The World’s Top 13 Seascape Artists.
Although considered as a painter first, Lyn is a Fellow, past president and Life Member of the Australian Guild of Realist Artists.
From 2011 to 2016 Lyn, with her husband Brian, ran the Brialyn Boathouse Gallery in Frankston. In Dec 2016 although she loved it a decision was prompted. With limited time her personal artwork was diminishing. Her decision was easy. Original Oz took over the gallery and Lyn has new found time for her personal art.
