About the Artist:

Lyle moved to Albuquerque in 1996 from upstate New York where he ran an architectural practice for over 28 years. Mr. Brown received his professional architectural degree from Syracuse University. In 1962, Lyle moved to San Francisco, where he spent a year full time at the San Francisco Art Institute studying oil painting, art history, and figure drawing with teachers such as Elmer Bishoff and Richard Diebenkorn. After a few years living in the Bay Area, Lyle moved back to the East Coast where he taught architectural design at Syracuse University’s School of Architecture for three years as an Associate Professor.

In 2000, Lyle started pastel painting part-time until his retirement in January 2003 as Facility Architect at TVI in Albuquerque. He now devotes full time to developing his artistic sensitivity and skills through his paintings. Lyle has studied pastel painting with Albert Handell, Doug Dawson, Deborah Christensen Secor, Eric Michaels, Leona Turner, and Sue Buck. Through his architectural background and experience in photography, Lyle has always been keenly aware of our visual world and interested in how we react to our spatial relationships. Lyle endeavors to invite the viewer into his paintings through the use of strong colors, light, and composition. He greatly admires the work of the Impressionists.

Lyle feels strongly about the importance of painting in plein-air in order to directly observe and feel the essence of the scene before us; not to imitate or copy, but to be inspired by the place. He feels art is like a journey towards understanding our inner relationship to our environment, while continuously developing a greater intuitive response to the beauty around us. Lyle is a Signature member of the Pastel Society of New Mexico.

Resume:

• JURIED SHOWS
  • Pastel Society of New Mexico National Show   2008
  • Mark Zoeller Gallery 'VISIONS' Show, Santa Fe, NM   2007
  • Rio Grand Art Assoc. Encantada Show   2007
  • Connecticut Pastel Society 13th National Exhibition   2006
  • Maryland Pastel Society National Juried Exhibition   2006
  • Masterworks of New Mexico   2005, 2006, 2007 
  • New Mexico Arts & Crafts Fair   2004
  • Fuller Lodge Show, Los Alamos, NM   2004
  • Pastel Society of New Mexico - National Exhibition   2002, 2003, 2004, 2007
  • New Mexico State Fair Fine Arts Show   2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 
  • Pastel Society of the West Coast 17th International Show   2003
  • Pastel Society of New Mexico Jury of Peers Show -IAPS   2003
  • Mesilla Valley 8th Regional Exhibition   2002
• AWARDS
  • Pastel Society of New Mexico National Show   2008
  • Rio Grande Art Association, Encadatada   2008
  • Award of Excellence – Masterworks of NM   2005
  • Framing Concepts Award – PSNM National Show   2004
  • Water Color Society of NM Award - PSNM National Show   2003
  • New Mexico State Fair Non juried Fine Arts - 3rd Place   2002
• GALLERIES
  • Nob Hill Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
  • Benson Fine Art Gallery, San Patricio, NM
  • Charlevoix Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
  • Morning Calm Gallery, Corrales, NM
  • Art is OK Gallery (One Man Show), Albuquerque, NM
  • Framing Concepts Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
  • Ars Longa Fine Arts Gallery, Taos, NM
  • Johnsons of Madrid, NM
• ART WORKSHOPS
  • Ann Templeton – Ghost Ranch   2005
  • Richard McKinley, Albuquerque   2004
  • Sue Buck Workshop, Albuquerque,   2003
  • Doug Dawson Workshop, Santa Fe, NM   2002
  • Eric Michaels , Albuquerque   2002
  • Leona Turner Workshop, Albuquerque, NM   2002
  • Albert Handel Workshop, Santa Fe, NM   2001
  • Miscellaneous Workshops, IAPS Convention   2001 & 2003
  • Deborah Christenson Workshops, Alb. NM   2000
• ORGANIZATIONS
  • President - Pastel Society of New Mexico   2005
  • Vice President –Pastel Society of New Mexico   2003-2004
  • Plein Air of New Mexico   2005
  • Leadership Albuquerque – Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce   2001
  • Cultural Resource Council Visual Arts Advisory Committee, Syracuse, NY
• PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
  • Doctor Benjamin Ham, D.D. S., Albuquerque, NM
  • Mr. & Mrs. Melvyn Baron, Albuquerque, NM
  • Carolyn Sedburry, Albuquerque, NM
  • Virginia Cramer, Albuquerque, NM
  • Vicki Ashcraft, Albuquerque, NM
  • Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Tatum, Albuquerque, NM
  • Ms. Karen R. Head, Albuquerque, NM
  • Mr. & Mrs. James Garton, Santa Fe, NM
  • Mr. and Mrs. Bryon Bachuzewski, Albuquerque, NM
  • J. Randolph Brown, Seattle, WA
  • Miss Michele Head, Albuquerque, NM
• EDUCATION
  • San Francisco Art Institute   1962
  • Syracuse University, Bachelor of Architecture   1959
• ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
  • Assistant Professor of Design, Syracuse University School of Architecture   1967 – 1971