Lynden Beesley grew up in the English Surrey country-side where she developed a love for art from an early age.In 1975, she emigrated to Canada with her husband and two daughters.For twenty years, she practised podiatry in Winnipeg.In 1997, Lynden moved to Eastern Ontario to formally pursue a career in art at Queen’s University.She graduated in 2001 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (honours) specializing in printmaking and sculpture.

Lynden is based in the Okanagan.She is active in its arts community and has served as a facilitator for Art History courses at Seniors Learning in Retirement.Currently Lynden docents at the Kelowna Art Gallery in the Art In Site Program.By pursuing print and computer courses at Okanagan University College she has stayed current with new techniques.Her work is produced at Malaspina Printmakers on Vancouver’s Granville Island, at Pyramid Bronze works in Kelowna, and in her studio, Atelier Pom.

During the summer of 2003 Lynden was a commissioned sculptor for the Sculpture on Main Symposium in Westbank. In 2004 she sculpted in marble with the Kelowna Sculptors Network for their Centennial Project "Connecting Links". Fruitopia was chosen as one of the favorites. Lynden is a member of Ars Longa and exhibits prints and bronzes regularily with this group of artists.She is also the president of Kelowna Sculptors Network Society and the incoming delegate for the International Federation of Medallions.Her recent gallery exhibitions have been in Kelowna, Salmon Arm, Vernon, Summerland and Kingston, Ontario

Lynden’s work represents a personal exploration of culture and identity. Her sculptures, often in bronze are informed by the intriguing stories and myths upon which western identities are founded.The pomegranate is her enduring symbol.For Lynden, identity is multi-layered and multi-faceted like a pomegranate.Lynden’s recent masks celebrate the foliage of the valley and explore the associated legends.Each mask is created in wax and then bronzed. Each is an original creation.