Artist: Stephen Lyman
Title: North Country Shores
Size: 46"w x 18"h (unstretched)
Edition: Edition not to exceed 175 signed by Andrea Lyman and numbered.
Release Date: Fall 2009
About The Art: Through years of study and exploration, Stephen Lyman discovered his calling: to paint the wilderness with passion and commitment. Through his paintings you, too, can travel deep into the woods, find serenity at the water’s edge and feel completely at home in the wild. North Country Shores, part of a series the artist referred to as “light in the wilderness,” embodies three of his favorite landscape subjects: water, light and wildlife. “The strong wind is coming off the lake right into your face, so you can imagine yourself standing there, your hair blowing back, being washed over by all this light, beauty and freshness,” said the artist. “The whole feeling I wanted to paint was golden, fresh, pristine, windblown purity.” Clear, cold and suffused with golden light, this spectacular, late winter afternoon vista is accented by the bald eagle poised in flight with a fresh catch in its claws.
About the Artist: Artist Stephen Lyman was well known for his epic landscape paintings featuring mountain ranges, broad rivers and valleys, and often the wildlife that make their home in each terrain. Steller Autumn is an intimate portrait of one landscape (a tree) and its inhabitants, Steller's blue jays. In order to capture the intricate details of the scene, Stephen concentrated on one area of a maple tree. The Steller's blue jays are seated contentedly among the glowing maple leaves. As the dark boughs spread upward and outward, the golden leaves and a handful of sky-blue birds remain, imbuing the painting with a sense of closeness and comfort. Artist Stephen Lyman specialized in painting the most elusive moments in nature and no piece better showcases his abilities than Steller Autumn.