Ebook184 pages1 hour
Painter's Life: Talks, Journals, Paintings
By Mari Lyons and Jed Perl
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
About this ebook
A Painter’s Life is a rare glimpse into the mind of an uncompromising painter. Mari Lyons was a life-long “every-day” painter and from an early journal she kept for a short time she reveals the heartbreaks, the pain of rejection, the intense and abiding love of her work, and the quiet triumphs of a painter juggling the demanding life of a mother of four, a busy husband, constant financial pressure; she had a fierce desire to make ever-better work, and for her work to become more visible in the world. Later talks she gave at the Munson William Proctor Institute and Rider University frame the journal entries with the aesthetic concepts that animate her work. This look at her inner life is made more palpable by a selection of more than eighty-five representative paintings in color, along with sketches and photographs.
Mari studied with Max Beckmann as a teenager, and later at Bard College, Yale-Norfolk, and with Stanley William Hayter. Her early work received high praise in college and from her first exhibition at the Polari Gallery in Woodstock when she was nineteen and still a student. She married at twenty-one, had three children in as many years, and then moved from the Midwest to New York City, where her fourth child was born.
At first influenced by the Abstract Expressionists of the 1950s, she painted non-objectively but soon found the rich thingness of the world irresistible and her work developed into what she called “painterly figuration.” Her journals and notes reveal the intimate details of her long mediation between these two commitments. In time she exhibited regularly at the First Street Gallery in Chelsea and received praise in such places as The Wall Street Journal, The New Republic, The New York Times, The Sun, Forbes FYI, and elsewhere. Today her paintings are in The Museum of the City of New York, The New York State Museum, Bard College, The Montana Historical Society, Mills, Wellesley, and Russell Sage colleges, The Montana Museum of Art, and many other museums and private collections.
Mari studied with Max Beckmann as a teenager, and later at Bard College, Yale-Norfolk, and with Stanley William Hayter. Her early work received high praise in college and from her first exhibition at the Polari Gallery in Woodstock when she was nineteen and still a student. She married at twenty-one, had three children in as many years, and then moved from the Midwest to New York City, where her fourth child was born.
At first influenced by the Abstract Expressionists of the 1950s, she painted non-objectively but soon found the rich thingness of the world irresistible and her work developed into what she called “painterly figuration.” Her journals and notes reveal the intimate details of her long mediation between these two commitments. In time she exhibited regularly at the First Street Gallery in Chelsea and received praise in such places as The Wall Street Journal, The New Republic, The New York Times, The Sun, Forbes FYI, and elsewhere. Today her paintings are in The Museum of the City of New York, The New York State Museum, Bard College, The Montana Historical Society, Mills, Wellesley, and Russell Sage colleges, The Montana Museum of Art, and many other museums and private collections.
Read more from Mari Lyons
Spring Creek: Twentieth Anniversary Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fishing Stories: A Lifetime of Adventures and Misadventures on Rivers, Lakes, and Seas Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Flyfisher's World Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Related to Painter's Life
Related ebooks
Louise Nevelson: A Passionate Life Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Book of Ruth Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings25 Women: Essays on Their Art Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Spring and Autumn Annals: A Celebration of the Seasons for Freddie Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFlower Diary: In Which Mary Hiester Reid Paints, Travels, Marries & Opens a Door Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Badlands Saloon: An Illustrated Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNo Hurry to Get Home: A Memoir Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Rosa Branson: a portrait Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Madwoman Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Pocket Guide to the Unheralded Artists of BC Series: The Life and Art of–Jack Akroyd, George Fertig, Mary Filer, Jack Hardman, Edythe Hembroff-Schleicher, LeRoy Jenson, David Marshall, Frank Molnar, Arthur Pitts, Mildred Valley Thornton, Ina D.D. Uhthoff, Harry Webb, Jessie Webb. Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCaresse Crosby: From Black Sun to Roccasinibalda Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5New York Behind Closed Doors Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Forever Seeing New Beauties: The Forgotten Impressionist Mary Rogers Williams, 1857-1907 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFrom Poets to Protagonists: Short Stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Surprising Life of Constance Spry Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAir Guitar: Essays on Art and Democracy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5My Art, My Life: An Autobiography Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5John Marin Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Museum Makers: A Journey Backwards Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSelected Essays Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSeeing Like an Artist: What Artists Perceive in the Art of Others Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Creative Path: A View from the Studio on the Making of Art Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Classic Works from Women Writers Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsI am a Woman Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Modern Painting, Its Tendency and Meaning Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMy Caravaggio Style Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Thirteen Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5South Toward Home: Adventures and Misadventures in My Native Land Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beautiful Brushstrokes Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNights at Rizzoli Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Art For You
Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Alchemist: A Graphic Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Complete Papyrus of Ani Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Lust Unearthed: Vintage Gay Graphics From the DuBek Collection Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Art Models SarahAnn031: Figure Drawing Pose Reference Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Draw and Paint Anatomy, All New 2nd Edition: Creating Lifelike Humans and Realistic Animals Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Drawing and Sketching Portraits: How to Draw Realistic Faces for Beginners Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Anatomy for Fantasy Artists: An Essential Guide to Creating Action Figures & Fantastical Forms Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Designer's Dictionary of Color Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Art 101: From Vincent van Gogh to Andy Warhol, Key People, Ideas, and Moments in the History of Art Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Designer's Guide to Color Combinations Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Botanical Drawing: A Step-By-Step Guide to Drawing Flowers, Vegetables, Fruit and Other Plant Life Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Art of Living: The Classical Mannual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5God Is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World--and Why Their Differences Matter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Make Your Art No Matter What: Moving Beyond Creative Hurdles Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Drawing School: Fundamentals for the Beginner Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Draw Like an Artist: 100 Flowers and Plants Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tales From the Loop Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The World Needs Your Art: Casual Magic to Unlock Your Creativity Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFlow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Find Your Artistic Voice: The Essential Guide to Working Your Creative Magic Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Creative, Inc.: The Ultimate Guide to Running a Successful Freelance Business Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related categories
Reviews for Painter's Life
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
Painter's Life - Mari Lyons
9|c book_preview_excerpt.html
Enjoying the preview?
Page 1 of 1