Painting

Linda Lyons

I love pushing color & texture in my work. I try to maintain the freshness of a sketch in my more detailed executions. What a treat to have two solid years at a more advanced age to study painting full-time with enthusiastic colleagues at WCSU in Western Connecticut. The bi-weekly trips to openings at galleries in NYC were planned and narrated by the late MFA Coordinator, Margaret Grimes. Today I work very hard to make time to paint, while I work part-time in the ID trade.

http://www.cliftonlyonsdesign.com

Master of Fine Arts in Visual Arts, MFA in Painting, 2012 Western Connecticut State University School of Visual & Performing Arts in Danbury, Connecticut

Resident Critics: Margaret Grimes (Coordinator, Master of Fine Arts Program),
Marjorie Portnow, Riley Brewster and John Wallace

Visiting Critics: John Arthur, William Bailey, Robert Berlind, Don Kimes, Stanley Lewis, Betsy Garand, Judy Glantzman, Barbara Grossman, James McGarrell, Audrey Ushenko

Graduate Certificate, Certificate in Design, 1996

Yale Summer Graduate Program in Design
Brissago, Switzerland

Resident Critics: Armin Hofmann (Visual Semantics and Color), Paul Rand (Visual Semantics), Richard Sapper (3 Dimensional Design), Philip Burton (Applied Typography), Fritz Gottschalk (Graphic Design), Wolfgang Weingart (Typography), Pierre Mendel (Poster Design)

Bachelor of Fine Arts, BFA in Graphic Design, 1981

Boston University College of Fine Arts
Boston, Massachusetts

Resident Critics: George Rose, Joseph Ablow and Reed Kay (Painting), Arthur Polonsky (Drawing & Painting), Jean Tock (Sculpture), Sidney Hurwitz (Printmaking), Ben Day (Graphic Design1 & 2), Jane Baker and Frank Armstrong (Typography), and John Messina (Photography)