Lynnette Shelley is a Pennsylvania artist specializing in contemporary mixed-media paintings and illustrations, primarily of animals. Having a great love of wildlife, fairytales, and world mythology, Lynnette fuses these influences into her strikingly unique artworks. Her paintings strike a primal chord in many viewers, with almost "Jungian":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jung associations to the colors and shapes. Her "zoomorphic":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoomorphism animal art and folklore-inspired creations are both primitive and sophisticated, and have been likened to images from an undiscovered ancient civilization.

One of her primary interests has always been exploring legends and stories from around the world. These archetypal stories are told repeatedly in different guises throughout myth and folklore, and animals are often used to convey these mysteries. Whether painted on cave walls, portrayed as omens or worshiped as personifications of the gods, animals were a favorite theme for our ancestors. Lynnette's artwork takes a closer look at this archetypal animal kingdom. Reinterpreted through abstraction, decorative element and contemporary vision, these creatures speak to our collective unconscious.

Lynnette's animal and mythological-themed artworks have been displayed nationally as well as regionally, and they have been collected internationally. She is represented by "Countryside Gallery":http://www.countrysidegalleryandframing.com in Newtown, PA, and "Nichols Berg Gallery":http://nicholsbergart.com/ in Philadelphia. She is also a member of "InLiquid":http://inliquid.org/, a Philadelphia-based non-profit arts organization.

Originally from Delaware, Lynnette currently lives and works out of Ambler, PA.