Future GardensCollageBouquets 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 PlantsPhotographyDocumentary 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 EcodesignEcological Landscape DesignA boutique landscape firm founded to make ecological design attractive and accessible to conscious home and business owners.
California Wild GardensGrassroots Climate ImprovementAn 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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ReclaimArt on Reclaimed MaterialsLarge series of acrylic paintings on reclaimed plywood and other found materials. From 2005 to present.
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IlluminateLand ArtTempera 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 HistoryArt ResearchBriana 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 MemoirsFinding Degas + Maple SyrupTwo 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.
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