She taught art at Punahou School, a private school in Honolulu, both before and following her marriage to L. L. Lynch, an executive with Lewers & Cooke, Ltd.[1][2] Lynch was invited to have a solo show in Paris in 1935.

Because of prejudice against female artists, she shortened her professional name and signature to "Gene Lynch".

[4] When Genevieve and her husband retired, they moved to Palo Alto, California, where she continued to paint until her death in 1960.

[1][2] She is considered to be one of the notable artists of Hawaii that created "distinctly Hawaiian" art, while also using western approaches or materials.

[5] Genevieve Springston Lynch is best known for her stylized paintings of exotic plants, such as Cup-and-Saucer Flowers in the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art.