Paintings
This collection of paintings uses oil, acrylic, and watercolor to explore how color and texture can create and convey additional layers of emotional depth.
With these works, Lyons steps outside the sharper detail of his graphite drawings and leans into something more fluid and atmospheric. These pieces are less about definition and more about feeling — how light and color can carry emotional weight without spelling everything out.
Some figures appear partially or drift toward abstraction. Some hold a sense of quiet melancholy while others hint at playfulness or dreaminess. There’s a deliberate looseness here that allows for uncertainty, discovery, and emotional intensity in new forms.
These works don’t offer fixed meaning. Instead, they invite you to sit with what’s unresolved and feel your way through.
"Strange Powers" • Acrylic on Canvas • 16” x 20” • Sold
"Fire" • Acrylic on Canvas • 24” x 36” • Sold
"Ashes to Ashes" • Oil on Paper • 30” x 24” • Sold
"Alone" • Acrylic on Canvas • 16” x 20” • Sold
"Blue Monday" • Oil on Board • 24" x 36" • Sold
"Dusk" • Oil on Canvas • 20” x 24” • Sold
"Alchemy" • Acrylic on Canvas • 12" x 16" • Sold
"Parker/Kline" • Acrylic on Canvas • 16” x 20”
"Song Without An Ending" • Oil Pastel on Paper • 9” x 12” • Sold
"Let Down" • Acrylic on Paper • 9” x 12” • Sold
"Sway" • Acrylic on Paper • 6” x 8” • Sold
"16 Days" • Graphite & Watercolor on Paper • 9” x 12” • Sold
"Train in Vain" • Oil on Canvas • 16" x 20"
"Hang On To Yourself" • Oil, Shellac, and Charcoal on Paper • 11” x 14” • Sold
"Everyone Dies" • Acrylic on Canvas • 16” x 20”
"In the Water" • Oil Pastel< • 9” x 12” • Sold
"Quantum Mechanics" • Acrylic on Canvas • 18” x 24” • Sold
"Sweetness and Light" • Acrylic on Canvas • 9” x 12”
"Kick" • Acrylic on Canvas • 16” x 20” • Sold
"Plain Tiger" • Acrylic on Canvas • 11” x 14”
"Little Fluffy Clouds" • Acrylic & Graphite on Paper • 9” x 12” • Sold
"Bacchus" • Graphite & Acrylic on Paper • 9” x 12” • Sold
"Summer" • Graphite & Acrylic on Paper • 9” x 12” • Sold
"Joy" • Oil on Linen • 9" x 12" • Sold
"Sketching with Paint" • Acrylic on Canvas • 12” x 12” • Sold
"Chagall Moon" • Watercolor & Gouache on Paper • 9" x 12" • Sold
"Lean In" • Acrylic on Board • 9" x 12" • Sold
"Night" • Oil on Canvas • 12” x 16”
"Missing Him" • Watercolor on Paper • 11" x 14" • Sold
"Hot Pink" • Oil on Canvas • 11” x 14”
"Photocopy" • Acrylic on Canvas • 11" x 14" • Sold
"Windswept Man" • Oil on Canvas • 12" x 16" • Sold
"The Presence" • Acrylic on Canvas • 16” x 20” • Sold
"Blue" • Watercolor and Charcoal on Paper • 11" x 14" • Sold
"Distraction" • Watercolor, Charcoal & Graphite on Paper • 11" x 14" • Sold
"Stepping Into Light" • Charcoal and Watercolor over Print of Original Graphite Sketch • 11" x 14" • Sold
"1800" • Oil on Linen • 9" x 12" • Sold
"Red Beard" • Oil on Canvas • 9" x 12"
"A Little Faith" • Acrylic on Canvas • 8" x 10" • Sold
"State of the Union" • Oil on Linen • 8" x 10" • Sold
"Prophet" • Acrylic on Canvas • 16" x 20" • On loan through Gallery Des Artistes.
"Judith, 1970" • Oil Pastel on Paper • 9" x 12" • Sold
"Blonde" • Acrylic on Canvas • 8" x 10" • Sold
"Kiss" • Acrylic on Board • 9" x 12" • Sold
"Black" • Acrylic on Canvas • 16" x 20" • Sold
"Red" • Acrylic on Silk and Board • 16” x 36"
"Man" • Graphite, Ink and Watercolor on Paper • 5" x 7" • Sold
"Saint" • Oil Pastel on Paper • 9" x 12" • Sold
"Stern" • Acrylic, Watercolor, Oil Pastel, Graphite and Charcoal on Paper • 9" x 12"
"Underwater (Pisces)" • Acrylic on Canvasboard • 8" x 10" • Sold
"Dog" • Watercolor on Paper • 5" x 7" • Sold
"Wolf" • Oil Pastel on Black Paper • 9" x 12" • Sold
"Yellow" • Acrylic on Silk and Board • 24" x 24" • Sold
"Summer Dress" • Acrylic on Board • 6" x 8" • Sold
"Rebel" • Acrylic on Canvas Board • 8" x 10"
"Cats" • Acrylic and Acrylic Resin on Archival Quality Photography Paper • 11" x 14" • Sold
"Met at Murakami and Motherwell" • Oil Pastel and Acrylic on Board • 9" x 12" • Sold
"Petal Falling" • Acrylic on Canvas • 8" x 10" • Sold
"Italian Man" • Acrylic on Canvas • 8" x 10" • Sold
"Lebanon" • Watercolor on Paper • 9" x 12" • Sold
"Sunset" • Acrylic on Canvas • 5" x 7" • Sold
"Fuerza" • Acrylic on Canvas • 8" x 10" • Sold
"Androgynous" • Watercolor on Paper • 8" x 10" • Sold
"Kiss" • Acrylic on Canvas • 16" x 20" • Sold
"Aloysius" • Acrylic and Graphite on Paper • 14” x 17”
"Hug and Nuzzle" • Charcoal and Gouache on Paper • 9" x 12" • Sold
"Leopard" • Oil on Canvas • 9" x 12" • Sold
"Wolf" • Acrylic on Canvas • 8" x 10" • Sold
"Concentration" • Acrylic on Linen • 8" x 10" • Sold
"White Rose (Sophie Scholl)" • Oil on Canvas • 9" x 12" • Sold
"Summer" • Charcoal and Watercolor on Paper • 9" x 12" • Sold
"1979" • Oil Pastel on Paper • 9" x 12" • Sold
"Kitten as Pop Icon" • Hand Painted Print • 8” x 10” • Sold
"Abstract Man" • Acrylic on Canvas • 16” x 20” • Sold
"Selfie" • Graphite, Sepia and Watercolor on Paper, photographed and intensified • Original Watercolor Sold
"Kite High" • Acrylic on Paper • 14” x 17”
"Portrait of Mark Rothko" • Acrylic on Canvas • 16” x 20” • Sold
"Last Chance" • Acrylic on Canvas • 12” x 16” • Sold
"Rouault’s Cat" • Acrylic on Canvas • 16” x 20”
"Unfinished Man" • Acrylic on Canvas • 16” x 20”