Lyndel has drawn and painted all her life and was encouraged by and took lessons from her artist father Harry Thomas who was a past student of Archibald Colquhoun.

She studied with various respected teachers from the school labelled ‘The Tonal School’, in Melbourne in the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s. The light, mood and poetry of the subject is what she aims for. She majored in sculpture with a credit at the Ballarat University, School of mines in 1999 and ran her own Studio/Gallery in Daylesford in the 90’s where she held classes. Her paintings and sculpture were on constant display to the public.

She is an exhibiting and signatory member of the Victorian Artists Society, Melbourne and an exhibiting member of the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors. Her work is exhibited in many group exhibition’s and also currently at Heron’s Gallery in Castlemaine.

She has won many awards for both her painting and sculpture and her work is held in private and public collections in Australia and Overseas.

In April 2011 she held a solo exhibition of 29 women's portraits, which included children and animals. She is presently taking time out away from major exhibitions to work on new ideas.

Animal welfare is extremely important to her and she tries to be a voice for them where she can.

Publications:
Best of Worldwide Oil Artists 20/10/2011 – Kennedy Publishing, USA
Best of the Best 2011, Kennedy Publishing, USA
WWAB International Dictionary 2010, USA
WWAB Important Artist's 2011, USA
More Than Just Gumtree’s by Juliet Peers
MSWPS 100th Annual Exhibition Publication