Mike Lyon

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“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 […]

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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 […]

Filed Under: Drawing, Featured Tagged With: City Art Institute, Face, Ink Drawing, Kansas City Art, Kansas City Art Institute, Miguel Rivera, Nbsp, Pen And Ink, Pen Ink, Printmaking

Exhibition: Figuring it Out at the Beach Musuem of Art

April 16, 2009 By Mike Lyon

Figuring it Out: Mike Lyon Drawings and Prints at the Beach Museum of Art, Manhattan, Kansas opened April 14 and runs through July 19, 2009. Exhibition CATALOG PDF download also see the Beach Museum’s web site blurb from the Beach Museum of Art web site: Figuring it Out: Prints and Drawings by Mike Lyon April […]

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Two Stools maple and purple heart

January 24, 2001 By Mike Lyon

These two stools, successors to the Torii Stool, were made as a pair for the 2001 Kansas City Art Institute fund-raising auction where they were sold for $2,250. I was very pleased. Wedged through tenon construction — very beautiful where the legs join the seat, I think. A pair of stools.25 inches high 11 inches square […]

Filed Under: Furniture Tagged With: Auction, City Art Institute, Kansas City Art, Kansas City Art Institute, Legs, Purple Heart, Stools, Successors

First Stools

March 24, 1999 By Mike Lyon

My first stool is all cherry wood, with a deeply sculpted seat. Looks like it would be dangerous, but it’s really quite comfortable. The top is painted a beautiful, deep, ultramarine, and the legs have been lightly stained red. Not bad for a first attempt, but not nearly as nice as the second. The  second stool has a […]

Filed Under: Furniture Tagged With: Attempt, Auction Fund Raiser, Cherry Wood, City Art Institute, Exhibition Two, Inclusion, Kansas City Art, Kansas City Art Institute, Legs, Preview Exhibition, Spreaders, Stools, Ultramarine

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