Ecological Artistry

Envisioning Plant communities for a Resilient Future

For the last 10 years Briana Lyon has devoted her creative practice to re-envisioning (and popularizing the replanting) of the environment's of the West. Through dynamic blends of native, drought-tolerant, pollinator and food-producing plants that consumers can easily grow and tend at home she aims to influence the world to a habitat-friendly end through the power of beauty. 

Future Gardens

Collage

Bouquets of branches. Each stem representing a plant in a garden designed for longevity of the future. Future gardens support habitat regeneration, ease food production and minimize water usage in urban and residential landscapes. The artist collected, photographed and digitally collaged plant specimen samples. 

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Touch Plants

Photography

Documentary photography of models in intimacy with wild plants. In rare California ecologies & parks. Project also involved the tracking and mapping of wildflower blooms in suburban Southern California. 

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Califia Ecodesign

Ecological Landscape Design

A boutique landscape firm founded to make ecological design attractive and accessible to conscious home and business owners. 

California Wild Gardens

Grassroots Climate Improvement

An online retail platform that delivers locally-sourced ecogardens. Plant blends are food producing, habitat restoring and water saving. Assisting in grass roots climate change adaptation. 

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En Plein Aire 

Landscape Painting

Painting water. Studies of waters collection and footprint in landscape. 

Reclaim

Art on Reclaimed Materials

Large series of acrylic paintings on reclaimed plywood and other found materials. From 2005 to present. 

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Illuminate

Land Art

Tempera paint crafted from marble dust, egg yolk and turmeric and applied onto the forest.  This first wave project gilded a suspended branch.

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Making Art History

Art Research

Briana Lyon researches undocumented paintings to evaluate their authenticity. She is a self-taught expert on the oeuvres of most major non living artists. 6 years of her research is being edited into a collector's encyclopedia.   

Forthcoming Memoirs

Shadows of Degas + Maple Syrup

Two memoir projects are in development. Finding Degas recounts Lyon's experience as an art detective touring the Western world's greatest art collections in search of the truth about an Impressionist painting. Maple Syrup recounts the romantic narratives of a young bawdy American discovering what life and love mean in rural Canada.