Chinese-American-Style Canadian Landscape
Studies on the effects of consumption: Fractured Landscapes & Excess
The banff centre
Briana J. Lyon and her project, "Peak Experience" were hosted by the prestigious Banff Centre for a self-directed visual-artist-in-residence program from March 4-28, 2013.
With the extensive support and resources of the Banff Centre, Lyon was able to complete 17 sizable works of art in three and a half weeks. |
highline online magazine
Highline Online magazine, based out of Canmore, Alberta invited Lyon to guest blog on the meaning behind her expansive project.
The article, titled "Painting the Peak: Sustainability through the Mountain Landscape," was front-page featured on Highline Online's magazine for two weeks and attracted web commentary. Click here to read it. |
rocky mountain outlook
The Rocky Mountain Outlook captured and published imagery of Lyon with her thirty-foot painted scroll exhibited in front of the Margaret Greenham Theatre at the Banff Centre on March 17, 2013.
The photograph was published in the March 21-28 issue of this local Banff, Alberta periodical. |
Unforeseen Direction Catalogue
The catalogue below details the 3-year creative process of the paintings seen above. What started as a backyard fence has been transformed by Briana J. Lyon into a truly dynamic and provocative modern art project that explores the depths of our collective perception of landscape through a dream-like visual narrative of Western Canada.
