Born in Scotland in 1940, Bob Lynn studied art at the Edinburgh College of Art. Since then he has travelled, studied and worked in London and Poland. In the seventies he fell in love with Ireland and after years of commuting between London and the West of Ireland, he finally settled in Co. Wicklow permanently in 1980.

Wicklow has given him a rich store of subject matter, which he has drawn on for many years. His earlier paintings, although recognisable in the drawing aspect, showed the beginnings of his use of exaggerated colour. Strictly speaking his work inhabits a world somewhere between figuration and abstraction: objects and things are strongly suggested if not actually depicted. In his recent work colour is to the fore. Working in the typical Scottish 'colourist' tradition, he uses vibrant colours and broad brushstrokes and has a brilliant compositional sense to create stunning results.

This body of work could quite easily have the overall title "A sense of..." as it is concerned mainly with evoking as destinct from describing. Each painting is a result of two or more themes. One source is to do with the process of ageing as observed metaphorically in the corrosion or erosion of certain metals and the wear, tear, and weathering of different timbers. The other idea is drawn from personal memories using known areas of the environment. As a consequence of this fusion and resulting ambiguities, the paintings exist in their own right as a celebration of the expressive power of colour and shape and direct the looker into reacting to the emotional vibrations rather than asking 'but what is it meant to be?'