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Riparian Riches
by Stephen Lyman
‘Riparian’
refers to the life zone along a waterway or a lake and the riches are
all the life inhabiting that zone from beneath the dappled water to the
foliage in treetops.
“I wanted to do a very long, wide-angle view of a slow-moving
river because I really enjoy painting crystal-clear water with
reflections including the textures in the foliage on the opposite side
of the river,” said artist Stephen Lyman. “I purposely shortened the
view to include just a peek of the sky, because I wanted the viewer to
feel this landscape intimately. There’s sand, lichen on boulders,
leaves, trunks of trees, grasses, roots and many other things. It’s
almost like a still life. Even the bird, a great blue heron, stands
motionless in the water, waiting for a fish to come by for breakfast. I
chose him because of his quiet and patient personality.”
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MasterWork™ Anniversary Edition
Greenwich Workshop Fine Art Giclée
Canvas:
edition not to exceed 75,
signed by Andrea Lyman and numbered.
56"w x 16"h (unstretched).
$950
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Wildflower Suite
by Stephen Lyman
The Wildflower Suite
was a new approach to portraying wilderness for Stephen Lyman. It was
four, close-up views that allowed us to appreciate the intricacy of
tiny things we might otherwise miss. Lyman chose four very different
plants and then added a creature of some sort to each. “These are all
scenes that are way out in the wilds discovered while I was off the
trail resting,” said the artist. “I had the feeling that nobody had
ever seen them before and that nobody ever would again. They are little
jewels of discovery out of my wilderness treks.”
There is a Rufous hummingbird on the branch of a mountain hemlock tree
with purple cones which are only about an inch long, even when mature.
In another scene, a grasshopper climbs a tiger lily. Lyman continues to
balance the showy with the unassuming in the third image by pairing a
swallowtail butterfly with delicate pink mountain heather. Finally,
there’s a ladybug beneath the flowers appropriately named shooting
stars. “They explode with fireworks of blossoms at the top of the
plant,” Lyman noted. Let the Wildflower Suite light up a corner in your home or work life with their up-close wilderness views.
Greenwich Workshop Fine Art Giclée Canvas:
edition not to exceed 100 signed by
Andrea Lyman and numbered.
Rufus Hummingbird and Mountain Hemlock (top)
12"w x 5 1/4"h.
$145
Shooting Stars and Ladybug (right)
4 3/8"w x 13 1/4"h.
$145
Swallowtail Butterfly and Pink Mountain Heather (bottom left)
9 1/2"w x 9 1/2"h.
$165
Tiger Lilies and Grasshopper (bottom center)
7 1/4"w x 8 1/2"h.
$145
All above mounted on Ampersand hardboard.
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