Artist and illustrator Lynette Schmidt has more than 30 years of experience in sculpture, painting, costume design, and book illustration. As owner and president of her own Garden Studio, Lynette takes her inspiration in the essence of nature - the hues and textures of her own lush garden and the flora and fauna along Minnesota's North Shore, where she lived from 1983-1993. Now resident in Saint Paul, Lynette continues to work as a sculptor, painter and children's book illustrator. Living with husband Michael, a photography instructor, son Noel also an artist, Macaw Tinker, African Gray Jo, Hamish the Scottish terrier, and three cats, Naji, Newton, and Alice.

Click on the pictures below to view Lynette's art work.
Garden Art	Fantasy and Places	Children's Art		Lynette accepts commissions for portraits and other art works created to order.
Animal Art	Abstractions	Pen and Ink
Sculpture				For more information, email her using the address listed at the bottom of this page.
See also Lynette's author profile.

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