加拿大华人，中国画画家，原籍广东中山。1963年随岭南画派画家林介如先生学画。1975年毕业于广州美术学院国画系，得到关山月，黎雄才，陈金章，梁世雄，杨之光等教授的指导。毕业后分配到中山文化馆从事美术工作。1982年为中国美术家协会广东分会会员。1983年再入广州美术学院 修读。1985年任中山市博物馆副馆长，主持全面工作。1992年为中国文物会会员，中国古陶瓷学会会员。美术作品曾参加过全国，全省美术展览，《山庄图》获市美展金奖，并由市政府收藏送联合国。1994年辞职经商，2005年移民加拿大。2009年于加拿大温哥华中央图书馆举办个人山水画展。2010年10月，在中国广东中山市美术馆举行个人山水画展。

　　Zai Yuan Lin was born in 1950 in China. He has shown his art talent since his childhood; therefore, his father recommended a famous and popular artist as his instructor at the age of 13. Since graduating from Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts in 1975, which is a well-known art school, he was teaching and painting in the cultural department of ZhongSan city of GuangDong province. In 1985, he became the president of ZhongSan museum because he is an expert at managing archaeology and antique maintenance. Since the 1970s, he has taken part in many provincial art expeditions and won a lot of prizes. He won one gold prize with one of his paintings, and ZhongSan city government exhibited this picture. Finally, Zhongsan city government gave this picture to the United Nations as a luxury present. His paintings are valuable and popular among art lovers because his art skill is based on traditional Chinese art. He is also a poet and calligrapher, so he writes his poems in his pictures and shows his beautiful handwritings as well. He was acknowledged as one of the 100 outstanding Chinese painters in 2004 not only because he made a great contribution in the art field but also his name is in many books, such as and .In the same year, the Chinese Art association issued his post card in China.
　　In 2005, ZaiYuan Lin immigrated to Canada, and has since lived in Burnaby with his family. As a Canadian Chinese, he hopes he can use his pen to show Canada’s beautiful landscapes to the public.