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Melvin Gallery exhibition features
painter Chris Lyon

LAKELAND, Fla. (Nov. 27, 2001) - Melvin Art Gallery at Florida Southern College is pleased to present a solo exhibition of painter Chris Lyon Dec. 7 through Jan. 8. A reception for the artist will be held Dec. 12 from 7:00-9:00 p.m.

This exhibition, entitled “16x16,” will highlight 46 recently completed oil-on-canvas paintings in a 16-by-16 format. The show offers the audience an opportunity to study the progression, thought process, and development of the artist’s ideas over an intense one-year span.

“I think of my work as being a great spiritual manifestation. It is a place of heightened awareness of the supernatural,” Lyon said. “The imagery in my work is the essence of myself. The work contains the energy and flow that a poet puts into words and a composer puts into music.”

Lyon graduated with a master of fine arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1999. Since then he has had several large exhibitions, the most recent being a solo exhibition in Tokyo where he received positive reviews for his energetic paintings that typically focus on nature, literature, color and abstract and concrete human forms.

Lyon currently resides in Lakeland. He is represented by Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia (215-413-8893), and his works may be viewed online at www.mayerartconsultants.com.

The Melvin Art Gallery is open to the public free of charge weekdays from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. and before and during intermissions of most performances of the FSC Fine Arts Series.

About Florida Southern College
Florida Southern is a four-year, private, co-educational liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The college offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and a master of business administration degree accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Located in Lakeland, Fla., the college is home to the largest, single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world.

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