Lynsey Ewan trained as a painter at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee. She spent a year studying Textile Design, before moving to the School of Fine Art, where she graduated from in 2001.

She specialises in painting abstracted images of flora, which she collects through her photography. The use of photography is a fundamental part of the process she goes through in sourcing suitable subject matter for her work. She is particularly interested in how light and colour create qualities in photography that cannot be seen by the naked human eye. These jeweled, orb-like light fragments dance around and illuminate the flora around them, radiating vibrant colour.

Lynsey began her interest in photographing plants while studying textiles, before continuing to develop her practice as a painter. Lynsey spent considerable time in the hot houses at Dundee Botanic Gardens, framing sections of tropical plants through a macro lens on her manual camera.

When she moved to the Fine Art school, she started to dissect the photos she was taking, picking out tiny sections of brilliant light and colour and painting these on a very large scale. Primarily, Lynsey was concerned with the play of focus and out-of-focus and the tension this created. These days she concentrates on how light affects colour. The subject matter has become less obvious as the need for any defined form in her work diminishes. The work appears more fluid as a result. Glowing, shimmering and vibrating, reflecting the energy of nature itself.

Born and brought up in Perth, Lynsey now lives in Fife where she continues her studio practice. She has exhibited widely in both group and solo shows, and her work is held in a number of public and private collections in the UK, Ireland and United States.