Lindy McLachlan led the Community Canvas painting at the 2024 Muster. She’ll be back for 2026 – ready for everyone to paint themselves into a beautiful Tokanui landscape. Lindy is physiotherapist, who loves to paint and garden. She lives on a hill country sheep and beef farm near Pahiatua with her husband Donald and their Jack Russell, Brandy Snap. Her stunning floral landscape paintings are inspired by the views around her, old gardening books, and the quiet beauty of grasses and blooms. She loves the way plants spring up in places not intended - even weeds have their place. In her art, Lindy loves to convey how every little plant does its bit for our environment, showing that there is beauty in the smallest places, light in the shadows, and a sense of community in plants growing beside each other. Lindy’s work has been exhibited at Aratoi Art Museum and featured in the Wairarapa Art Review. She has received recognition at the Ruapehu Art Awards, and her pieces have found homes both in Aotearoa and overseas.

Lindy recalls her experience at the first Muster. "I had the most amazing time with everyone who attended - communicating with a paint brush - and the memories have continued to be with me to this day."