R. Charlie Lyons Hand Colored Woodcut Print "Potrait # 3" 55/75 1966

Measurements: 6 1/8" W x 5 1/4" H x 1" D

Roger Dave Lyons, best known as "Charlie", was born in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin in 1940. Lyons was first introduced to printmaking via linocut, a medium he later called a "cold, hard, dispassionate material" and he abandoned it for painting and woodworking, which soon became his preferred medium. It wasn't until college that the artist discovered woodcuts, and it soon became his lifelong focus.



Lyons studied at the University of Wisconsin, Madison (1959 - '65) and University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (1961 - '62), before the draft sent him to Vietnam in 1966. Upon his return in 1967 he began teaching workshops at Madison, where he was also was the special arts activities advisor to Wisconsin Memorial Union. A prolific exhibitor, Lyons first showed in his first year at college (1959) and nearly every year following, both solo and in group exhibtions, until his passing in 2007. Lyons was the first curator hired by the Miller Art Museum.