Lyn Rumble

About Lyn Rumble

I love painting seascapes, landscapes, and realist type designs, flowers, portraits as well as general australiana

I love also Fabric painting - the first thing I ever painted was using Hobbytex paints, and since that time, my love of fabric painting with Jo Sonja paints has continued!

My name is Lyn and I have been painting since February 2000. I live in a small town called Rushworth (about 2000 people) approx 200km north of Melbourne, in Victoria. I live on acreage in a rural environment, right on the edge of a state forest, so I have a diverse array of wild birds and animals come to visit constantly.  There is nothing like waking up in the morning and watching the local wallabies grazing on the nearby grass patch some 6 metres away!

I started painting quite by accident as I have always sewn and embroidered since my early years. I wanted something different to do as a hobby, and I didn't really expect it to turn out so life-changing - but then I suppose that's how these things happen!

I started teaching in 2006, and became a Chroma support teacher and joined the Chroma artist partnering programme. I also became the Librarian for the Society of Folk & Decorative Artists of Victoria Inc., (SFDAV), and in October, progressed to become the Editor of the society's magazine ‘FOLKLORE' which I undertook until October 2008.

My first design was published in Nov '06  in 'Australian Decorative Painting' magazine, which was a fabric painting project for youngsters. There are several more designs in the pipeline for publication so please keep an eye open for them. During the early part of 2007 I taught at my first convention, which was a great thrill - not only as a teaching experience - but to enjoy a whole weekend of painting was just heaven!

I'm looking forward to a new and challenging year in 2008, and meeting some more wonderful people that share this wonderful passion!.

HAPPY PAINTING - Lyn.