Philip Lyons
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Allotments (near the sea)
acrylic on board
30 x 30cm £540 -
Barn in Shadow
mixed media on board
20 x 25cm £425 -
Barn, Midsummer
acrylic on board
25 x 25cm £525 -
SoldBarn, Morvah
acrylic on board
32 x 32cm -
SoldBlack Bowl and Red Boat
acrylic on board
26 x 26cm -
SoldBright Window
acrylic on board
51 x 60cm -
SoldCider Barn
acrylic on board
26 x 26cm -
Coastal Farm Rooftops
acrylic on board
30 x 30cm £540 -
Coastal Village (Treen)
acrylic on board
20 x 20cm £425 -
Farmhouse, Fields, Sea
acrylic on board
30 x 30cm £540 -
SoldFeather on Blue
acrylic on board
19 x 34cm -
SoldLost and Found (Loe Bar)
acrylic on board
22 x 14cm -
SoldMoonlight Barn
acrylic on board
20 x 25cm -
SoldMorvah, White Bowl
acrylic on board
21 x 25cm -
SoldNewlyn to Penzance
acrylic on board
60 x 120cm -
On Our Way to the Sea, Allotments
acrylic on board
40 x 40cm £640 -
SoldOn the Way to Angela’s
acrylic on board
22 x 28cm -
Over the Rocks
acrylic on board
40 x 80cm £1395 -
Quiet Day In
acrylic on board
22 x 30cm £495 -
Stormy Sky Headland Rooftops
acrylic on board
30 x 30cm £540 -
SoldSwimming Pool, Sea, Town
acrylic on board
27 x 31cm -
SoldThe Red Roof
acrylic on board
20 x 17cm -
The Village (West)
acrylic on board
20 x 20cm £425 -
Through the Allotments
acrylic on board
40 x 80cm £1395 -
SoldWhite Barn – Fields – Coast
acrylic on board
25 x 25cm -
SoldWhite Bowl, Black Bowl – Gold
acrylic on board
20 x 23cm
I use subtle colour and strong pattern in my compositions – locking them together to make a firm structure. I pay attention to the surface of the paintings to create areas that have a sense of history (telling a story). There are accents of strong colour to anchor the composition.
I look for modest, everyday events and views, such as looking out from a window, light passing over a field, a glimpse of the sea over a hedge and shadows of trees stretching across a field. I often use a grid structure to start a painting, sometimes remaining visible, sometimes hidden in the background and I return to places I know well, to look for natural frameworks and grids, such as windows, doorways, shadows and shapes of objects in rooms.
I have lived and exhibited my paintings in Cornwall since 1989.
Philip Lyons was born in Ipplepen, Devon in 1955
He studied art at Torquay and then gained a Fine Art degree at Bristol College of Art and Design in 1978.
Upon graduating he worked for Phillips Fine Art Auctioneers in London and then Plymouth Museum and Art Gallery.
He trained in Art Psychotherapy at Goldsmiths College, London before living in Cornwall from 1989, painting and exhibiting and working as an Art Psychotherapist for the NHS. In 2013, he moved to Falmouth and began to paint full time.
Public Collections
Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro, Cornwall
Falmouth Art Gallery, Falmouth, Cornwall
Devon County Council’s art collection