Round Here | Charles Lyon

An artist and outdoorsman, Lyon has created work across the country for decades; his career has taken him from an artist residency at Badlands National Park in 2005, to receiving a Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant in 2009, to returning west for a residency at Brush Creek Ranch in Wyoming in 2018. Known in the Twin Cities for his drawings and paintings of the Minnesota landscape, Lyon’s new work references the greenery of Midwest spring, summer, and fall. Inspired by local neighborhoods and close observation, these paintings explore Minnesota’s shifting seasonal palette. The work references variable moments of transition when yellows, oranges, and reds emerge and overlap with lingering greens. The result is a series of studies in color, light, and the fleeting natural wonders found close to home.