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Drawing

Maggie 85 x 44 inches watercolor and ink (pen and ink drawing) Maggie 85 x 44 inches watercolor and ink (pen and ink drawing)

Who wouldn’t fall instantly in love with the amazing, multi-talented recording... 

25 Sarahs – 100 x 70 inch acrylic and ink on four panels 25 Sarahs – 100 x 70 inch acrylic and ink on four panels

After painting a large (4.75 x 12 feet) sheet of heavy watercolor paper with red... 

Marishi-ten and Sarah – 53 x 46 acrylic and ink on panel Marishi-ten and Sarah – 53 x 46 acrylic and ink on panel

Marishi-ten – in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism, Marishi-ten is the goddess... 

Paul 83 x 37 inch watercolor with pen and ink drawing Paul 83 x 37 inch watercolor with pen and ink drawing

Commission for Bunni and Paul Copaken on the occasion of Paul’s 75th birthday.... 

Cambodia-1 32 x 64 inch watercolor with pen and ink drawing Cambodia-1 32 x 64 inch watercolor with pen and ink drawing

Completed June 13, 2012 – Cambodia-1 watercolor and ink (pen and ink drawing... 

Woodblock

Madeline and Kit, 13 x 5.7 inches, woodblock print from 17 blocks Madeline and Kit, 13 x 5.7 inches, woodblock print from 17 blocks

My intern this year, Madeline Cass (who is responsible for scanning and data entry... 

PVC Heat Shrink Baren Cover PVC Heat Shrink Baren Cover

From time to time it’s been difficult to obtain quality takenokawa (bamboo... 

Grass4 77 x 22 inches woodblock print from 12 blocks Grass4 77 x 22 inches woodblock print from 12 blocks

October 26, 2010 I completed an edition of five of this 12-block woodcut (77 x 22... 

Grass 2.2 large woodblock print Grass 2.2 large woodblock print

I ran a second edition of four sheets from the sixteen blocks used in Grass 2. ... 

Grass-2 large woodblock print 22.5 x 72 inches from 16 blocks Grass-2 large woodblock print 22.5 x 72 inches from 16 blocks

My lawn seems a near-perfect subject for drawings and woodblock prints.  Grass-1... 

Exhibitions

at Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art March 1 – April 27, 2013 at Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art March 1 – April 27, 2013

Download Mike Lyon Press Release from Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art  (PDF) Mike Lyon: Post-Digital Prints and Drawings March 1 – April 27, 2013 “Maggie”, 2012 80.5″ x 44″ white & black ink on pigment-tinted watercolor paper “Until the early 1990′s I was all about the eye-hand coordination required to draw... 

Personal Effects at Kemper Museum Personal Effects at Kemper Museum

Personal Effects exhibition at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art March 23–October 12, 2012 This exhibition, drawn from works of art in the Kemper Museum’s permanent collection, explores the portrait and the still life as depictions of objects imbued with both personal meaning and wider cultural iconography. The memory of an activity... 

America Now and Here – Kansas City America Now and Here – Kansas City

Famous artist Eric Fischl and film-producer friend, Donald Rosenfeld were in Kansas City to select work for an unusual exhibition called the Kansas City Collection.  At the same time, Eric was promoting his dream of a traveling exhibition of post-911 American arts.  Eric had already selected my work for the KC Collection show when I met him... 

Daum Museum – Virtual Media: Computer-aided Art from the Collection Daum Museum – Virtual Media: Computer-aided Art from the Collection

Daum exhibit shows the computer’s versatile role in modern art June 23, 2010 5:19 PM John Hansen The Sedalia Democrat An artist using a computer to create art is nothing new, yet they are always using it to push boundaries. At the Daum Museum’s “Virtual Media: Computer-aided Art from the Collection,” visitors can marvel at pieces that... 

Drury University: Pool Art Center Gallery Exhibit Drury University: Pool Art Center Gallery Exhibit

Rebecca Miller (director of the Pool Art Center Gallery)  and I first met about twenty years ago while she was a student at the Kansas City Art Institute.  I was teaching karate twice a week there and she was one of my better students.  During the several years she practiced with me,  we became good friends and have remained in occasional touch,...