Shannon Lyn is the leader of the emerging neo-aesthetic movement with her inspiring brand of abstract surrealism that combines oil painting, acrylic and collage. As with all aesthetes, she believes strongly in the principle of "art for art's sake" and her work is a refreshing change from the drab status quo of bleak, almost-urban "T-shirt art" (as she calls it) that has been swamping the galleries for the last decade.