Featured – Page 5

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

October 18, 2012 By Mike Lyon

My intern this year, Madeline Cass (who is responsible for scanning and data entry of my collection of Japanese prints – see woodblockprints.org), and her roommate, Kit Landwehr, modeled for me June 8. Years ago I’d really loved printing the stripes of a seersucker robe and Kit’s striped dress was a natural for another attempt […]

Paul 83 x 37 inch watercolor with pen and ink drawing

August 31, 2012 By Mike Lyon

Commission for Bunni and Paul Copaken on the occasion of Paul’s 75th birthday. This large portrait of Paul on his bicycle hangs in their Aspen, Colorado home.

Cambodia 3 32 x 61 inch pen and ink drawing

May 23, 2012 By Mike Lyon

Another drawing of victim remains from late 1970’s Phnom Penh Cambodia S-21 prison

“Misty” pen and ink drawing 82 x 45 inches

April 19, 2012 By Mike Lyon

My friend, accomplished figurative ceramist Misty Gamble, teaches Foundations at the Kansas City Art Institute agreed to model for me wearing her powder-blue faux fur jacket. She was super-animated and great to work with and for. I don’t really know ‘why’, but it seemed to me that a deep green paper color would suit this […]

Carlos Pen and Ink Drawing 75 x 45 inches

March 13, 2012 By Mike Lyon

My friend, Kim Weinberger told me that her friend, Carlos Hernandez, had admired my work at the America Now and Here show and wanted to model for me – she introduced us over drinks and… Well Carlos is a great looking guy and the following weekend he came to my studio to model for me. […]

pen and ink drawing of Miguel Rivera

January 25, 2012 By Mike Lyon

Miguel Rivera is chair of printmaking at the Kansas City Art Institute. He is a wonderful teacher – gentle and thoughtful. He has a great face and as soon as we met I asked if he’d model for a portrait. You can learn all about Miguel and see some of his work on his web […]

Danson pen and ink drawing 81 x 42 inches white and black pen on paper tinted rich brown

September 21, 2011 By Mike Lyon

Drawing of my friend Danson – again, white and black ink pen on tinted paper. In this piece, I really LOVE the color I painted on the paper. It was so luscious I hesitated to draw over it. I’ve been layering up these colors, mixing pigment suspensions in water and using a spritzer to apply […]

“Scotty” pen and ink drawing 92 x 45 inches on watercolor tinted paper

September 7, 2011 By Mike Lyon

Artist Archie Scott Gobber generously agreed to model for me. We had a pretty good time together — I’d asked him to bring along something of his work and I was thinking he’d bring something large I could place behind him when I photographed him. He brought some very small stuff, actually and I got […]

Exhibition: America Now and Here – Kansas City

June 30, 2011 By Mike Lyon

Famous artist Eric Fischl and film-producer Donald Rosenfeld were in Kansas City to select work for the Kansas City Collection and selected my work. At the same time, Eric introduced the idea of America Now and Here and included my “Michael” drawing in the America Now and Here show the following year.

Robin 85 x 45 inches – large scale pen and ink drawing in white, blue, black inks on watercolor tinted paper

April 14, 2011 By Mike Lyon

Robin Carnahan portrait completed April 14, 2011. I first tinted the paper a deep blue using Prussian Blue and Carbon Black pigment suspensions in water. Then I drew in layers of white ink, blue ink, and black ink back and forth until I felt the drawing was no longer improved.