DUSTIN LYON 1951 - 0000 Born in Idaho Falls, Idaho, Dustin Lyon remembers a childhood filled with horses, farming, and wildlife. After earning a degree in Art Advertising and Design from Ricks College in Rexburg (today known as Brigham Young University–Idaho), Lyon continued his art education at Boise State University. Upon graduation from college, he worked as a commercial artist through his late twenties, all the while developing his skills after hours working on his own paintings. From then on, he pursued painting full-time. In his mid-forties, Lyon moved to Arizona and eventually opened a gallery where he showed his work and the work of others. However, he closed the gallery when he was 50 years old to serve the Mormon Church by going on a Mission to Ghana, Africa. In fact, two decades later, Lyon continues to go on missions to Africa for his church. Today, Dustin Lyon lives and works from his studio in Firth, Idaho.
company. In addition to a passion for painting scenes of the West, Lyon, a devout Mormon, has painted elevations of many of the Mormon Temples worldwide. “With these paintings I hope to bear my testimony of the divinity of temples and pay tribute to those who sacrificed and worked to help construct them,” says Lyon. Lyon describes his passion for his art this way, “In a tumultuous world that is increasing in darkness and unrest while decreasing in civility, with my art I want to bring light and peace to those who view and purchase my artwork. The luminescent quality of my paintings brought about by careful layering of the paint, capture a moment in time that can bring light and joy to your heart.”
A series of Lyon’s Indian encampment paintings (mostly set in the winter) grace the covers of notecards, which can be personalized and are sold through the Leanin’ Tree
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