Lynn Green Root

Lynn Green Root (March 18, 1954 – March 6, 2001) was an American portrait painter, muralist, and illustrator from the state of Mississippi.

Life Root was born 18 March 1954, in Jackson, Mississippi. She received a bachelor's degree from the University of Mississippi, then pursued a master of fine arts degree at the University of New Orleans. In addition to studying at universities, she studied under abstract expressionist Fred Mitchell. It's hard to classify her work into one category but if one was to you could say her work was neoexpressionistic, neoprimitive, or even magical realism. She did a portrait of Thalia Mara; it was installed in Thalia Mara Hall. Root was also an illustrator of books and CDs. With her mother, Root exhibited her paintings at the Municipal Art Gallery in Jackson, Mississippi in 1999. The exhibition was called Myra Green and Lynn Green Root: A Mother Daughter Exhibition.

Root died on March 6, 2001, in Jackson, Mississippi, at age 46.