Michaelllyons_Artist

It all started as a teenager in 1979 when I covered the walls of my room in surrealist abstracts with oil pastels and the ceiling black with psychedelic visions of the Milky Way. Shortly thereafter, I expanded past my 1980’s Doodle Expressionist Art styles into objective watercolors and Colored Pencil works up until the late 2000’s when I again began to experiment with acrylics and oils while working as a Professional Photographer, Assistant Archival Technician and novice historian. During this time, I was also introduced to the arts of Videography while I maintained a full-time office job and full time college courses in a wide variety of disciplines. Reinvigorated in the 2000-teens, I continued to expand my artistic styles while trying to balance a full-time career as a Governmental Office employee. I then suffered a devastating and catastrophic personal tragedy and lost everything that I had ever worked towards my entire life. Now, I am pursuing a full-time career as an artist trying to rebuild my life through Art. I'm always taking additional classes, reading art books, doing studies, looking for reference materials, and trying to learn more as I go along. “If suffering is a pre-requisite to becoming a Masterful Artist, then I am frickin’ Picasso!” – Michael L. Lyons, Artist