About the Artist

Two forces have always influenced me - a love of the natural world, and a constant sense of wanderlust. As a child, I lost myself in books and imagined traveling to those places - both real and imaginary. These urgings to travel and explore brought me to Montana, where I studied at Rocky Mountain College for a B.A. in Studio Art, then to Ireland where I studied at the National University of Ireland in Galway. Finally I found myself in Atlanta for two years, where I studied Illustration at the Savannah College of Art and Design and received my M.F.A. in Illustration. That desire to explore still tugs at me and gives me inspiration for my art, and I am still searching for new worlds within the world we live in.

I love to illustrate worlds of fantasy and dreams. As a child, I loved reading books about animals and spent hours looking through books with the paintings of John James Audubon. I always loved the personality he gave his birds while creating naturalistic ornithological paintings. Other artists who inspired me include the illustrators Peter Parnall, Arthur Rackham, as well as Susan Seddon-Boulet. I've always loved birds of prey, and this passion continues to influence my art today, where I combine falcons, hawks and owls within the worlds in my imagination to create fantasical realms and creatures

Most of my work is watercolor, and I also work in acrylic, ink and graphite. Since 2010 I have worked with leather, creating tooled masks and jewelry hand-painted with acrylics. I love trying new media and I always seek to improve, change and grow.

I also love archery and try to practice as much as I can, and compete at a local level. I volunteered with Horizon Wings Raptor Rehabilitation and Education from 2010 to 2017, where I helped injured birds of prey and taught the public about raptors with educational programs. Currently I live in Colorado, teaching illustration courses at Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design and working as a freelance artist.

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Contact: brendamlyons(@)hotmail.com

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