The Artist
(by himself)
Pete Lyon
is an artist working out of Delph in Saddleworth.
Following
courses at Liverpool College of Art and Design he acquired his
BA in Fine Art, Painting (2/1) in 1973 then trained as a teacher
in Leeds.
A career
as a lecturer in Illustration and Computer Programming in various
Further and Higher Education institutions then followed.
At the same
time a growing reputation as a cover artist and illustrator
specialising in speculative fiction and children's books took
over and he became a freelance artist.
An interest
in technology found him attracted to the nascent computer games
industry and thus increasingly his output was dominated by the
lucrative demands of simple pixel graphics.
From these
humble beginnings developed an all encompassing workload of
graphic production, teaching and management in this increasingly
complex field; the high level skills of 3D modelling and animation
being acquired en route.
He finds
himself, to his evident surprise, working largely in Manchester
and thence living there.
Now he is
concentrating on building a body of work that reflects his interests
but is free from technological or financial considerations;
seduced again by pigment and paper, interested mainly in landscape
and texture with an unapologetic predilection for semi-realism,
concentrating more and more on dilapidation and distress and
with a sideline in graphical whimsy.
His website:
www.petelyon.net.
…and
can be contacted at:
Apartment
6,
Tillberry House,
Midgrove Lane,
Delph,
Saddleworth OL3 5FX
Tel: 01457
810 560
Email: pete@petelyon.net.
