Images by Carol Lyon Photography

UPCOMING EVENTS:


Upcoming juried shows:                     
March 24 & 25            Art at the Domain                    Austin, TX
April 7 & 8                   Art City Austin                          Austin, TX
April 14 & 15              Woodlands Art Festival            Woodlands, TX
April 28                       Sunset Valley Art Fest              Sunset Valley, TX
May 5 & 6                    Fayetteville Art Walk               Fayetteville, TX
May 26, 27, & 28        TACEF Art Festival                    Kerrville, TX

Gallery representation:
Jan. 19 - Feb. 27          Borges Cultural Center               Buenos Aires, Argentina   
                                            1st place Animal & Wildlife Pollux Award
(310 works of 220 artists from 39 countries, selected among more than 50,000 images submitted to the Julia Margaret Cameron Award, Jacob Riis Award, Pollux Award, and other competitions organized by WPGA during 2010 and 2011)
            
 Austin Details Gallery             106 E 8th (& Congress)              Austin, TX 
Featured artist    
AustinDetailsArt.com                                                                                                        Fine Arts Gallery                      1009 Main St.                             Bastrop, TX
 The Good Art Co. Gallery        218 West Main St.                      Fredericksburg, TX
 Art in Public Places:                                                                                                    Bastrop City Hall    - 3 permanent works                                           Bastrop, TX 
 North Hills Gallery  - work in permanent collection                              Austin, TX 

ABOUT THE ARTIST:                                    
   
   Carol Lyon has always had a knack for pulling the simple from the complex.  She will sit with an animal for hours to absorb the complexity of it’s existence and then attempt to capture its essence in her photography. Nothing on earth gives her more pleasure than to share time with a glorious creature. 
   
   It seems only natural that Carol would start her photography career at Capital of Texas Zoo as their staff photographer.  Her naturalistic animal and pet photography has spilled over into fine art photography through her bird feather abstractions, and she has been accepted at art shows and galleries for her unique take on “magical realism”.    
   
   From fashion model to live theatre owner to teacher to today, Carol's had the advantage of growing up surrounded by artistic mentors and the knowledge gleaned from careful observation.  The controlling factors in Carol's work are shooting pictures of what amuses and touches her.  Although she is known primarily for her animal photography, Carol also includes floral, landscape, rustic, and nostalgic subjects in her portfolio of work. She likes to exalt the familiar, celebrate the ordinary, and honor the creatures of the world.  Carol hopes these factors will delight those who see her work.




Galleries:                                                                                                                                                            

Williams Tower Gallery / Houston                  ’09                                                                                                    

Studio6Gallery / Austin                                  ’09                                                                                                                                                                                      Fine Art Gallery / Bastrop                               current - featured artist ’07, ’09 , ’10, & '12                                                                                 

Austin Details Gallery / Austin                       current - featured artist '11                                                                            

North West Hills Gallery / Austin                    ’11                                                                                                               

Dragonfly Gallery / Austin                               ’11

The Good Art Company / Fredericksburg        current

Laguna Art / Laguna Beach, CA                       '11

Palais de Glace / Buenos Aries, Argentina      '12


Awards:

1st place in Animal & Wildlife category             International WPGA Annual Pollux Awards  '11

Photography book inclusions:                                                                                                                     

 “Water”                        Vermont Photography Center       ’09                                                                                

 

 “Animal Magnetism”     Vermont Photography Center      ’09 

 finalist: "Beauty Around Us"  Worldwide Gala Awards      '11

                                                

                                                                       

Movie inclusion:          

 

“Bernie”    4 works                    ‘10                                                                                

 

                                                 

                                                                                                                                                                                  

 

Permanent collections: 

“Good Vibes”             North Hills Gallery  Austin, TX        '11

                                                          
                                                                                          3 works                Bastrop City Hall               '11                                                                                                                                             

                                                                                                                      

 Juried shows:

 ’10     Bastrop Art Gala

           Houston’s Bayou City Memorial Park

           Rockport Art Festival      

           Waco Arts Festival

           Buda Arts Festival 

'11      

Fayetteville Art Walk    3rd Place over-all  Mark Chapman Award

           

            Kerrville's TACEF Festival

          

            Houston's Bayou City Downtown

          

            Galveston's Artoberfest

           

            Austin's Cherrywood Festival

 '12      Art at the Domain
            Art City Austin

          

            Woodlands Art Festival

           

            Fayetteville Art Walk

          

            Kerrville's TACEF Festival

              

 Venues:
 Franklin Bank
1st National Bank
Prosperity Bank
                                                       

 McKinney Roughs State Park                                    

 Bastrop Chamber of Commerce                                

 Bastrop Opera House                                              

 Bastrop Visitor Center  -  current                                               

 Bastrop Public Library

 Bastrop City Hall  -  current                                                

 Lost Pines Cancer Center                                          

 Austin's Monarch penthouse


 Capital of Texas Zoo - current


 Baxter's Restaurant - current

 Austin Bergstrum Airport - current