Shari Lyon
City of trees | Aug. 6 – Sept. 2, 2021
featuring brand new encaustics in celebration of Sacramento’s incredible canopy
What is encaustic?
Encaustic is a Greek word meaning “to heat or burn in” (enkaustikos). Heat is used throughout the process, from melting the beeswax and varnish to fusing the layers of wax. Encaustic consists of natural bees wax and dammar resin (crystallized tree sap). The medium can be used alone for its transparency or adhesive qualities or used pigmented. Pigments may be added to the medium, or purchased colored with traditional artist pigments. The medium is melted and applied with a brush or any tool the artist wishes to create from. Each layer is then reheated to fuse it to the previous layer.
About The Artist
BIOGRAPHY
Artist Shari Lyon creates contemplative paintings of trees rooted in soft landscapes. She started her career as a dancer and loved to create through movement. However, after multiple surgeries, Shari realized her dancing career was over. “It broke my heart, it was all I ever wanted to do,” she says. Undeterred as an artist, Shari reinvented herself. This phase of self-discovery became a pattern and she continued to seek out new creative pursuits. After 25 years of managing her husband’s fine art career, one day she came across an encaustic piece that deeply moved her. “It brought back all the emotions that dance used to,” recalls Shari. This launched her career as an encaustic painter, melting beeswax and combining it with oil paints and pastels to create her signature landscapes. When she’s not creating art, Shari enjoys traveling with her husband, and the two often lead private tours to Italy and other European destinations.
EDUCATION
Paul Batch | Bela Fidel | Clare O’Neill
Pam Nichols | Shari Replogle | Nancy Crawford | Alicia Tormey
AWARDS
2019 Sears Dixie Invitational, Saint George, Utah, 2nd place mixed media
34th Annual Spiritual and Religious Show, Springville Museum of Art,
Springville, Utah, Honorable Mention
2018 Sears Dixie Invitational, Saint George, Utah, 2nd place mixed media
2016 Utah County Photography Show, Provo, Utah, Honorable Mention
International Encaustic Association 2017 conference scholarship recipient
More Available Work
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$400.00Shari Lyon
A Walk in McKinley Park
Encaustic
8 X 10
Framed -
$650.00Shari Lyon
Botanico Due
Encaustic
12 X 12
Framed -
$650.00Shari Lyon
Botanico Uno
Encaustic
12 X 12
Framed -
$150.00Shari Lyon
Connection
Encaustic
4 X 4 -
$150.00Shari Lyon
Dusk On The Parkway
Encaustic
5 X 3
Unframed -
$1,900.00Shari Lyon
Fogscape
Encaustic
36 X 12 -
$600.00Shari Lyon
Golden Stand
Encaustic
8 X 16
Unframed -
$350.00Shari Lyon
Grounded
Encaustic
8 X 8 -
$650.00Shari Lyon
Into The Distance
Encaustic
12 X 12 -
$650.00Shari Lyon
Lined Up
Encaustic
12 X 12 -
$860.00Shari Lyon
Mystic River I
Encaustic
16 X 12 -
$860.00Shari Lyon
Mystic River II
Encaustic
16 X 12 -
$860.00Shari Lyon
Mystic River III
Encaustic
16 X 12 -
$3,600.00Shari Lyon
On The Horizon
Encaustic with silver leaf
24 X 60 -
$150.00Shari Lyon
River Ripples
Encaustic
4 X 4 -
$2,100.00Shari Lyon
Sacramento River Blues
Encaustic
24 X 24 -
$150.00Shari Lyon
Silhouetted
Encaustic
4 X 4 -
$150.00Shari Lyon
Spring Reflections
Encaustic
4 X 4 -
$1,600.00Shari Lyon
Standing Tall
Encaustic
20 X 20
Unframed -
$850.00Shari Lyon
Subterranean
Encaustic
18″ round