Lewis Bryden has exhibited since 1973 at over 20 solo exhibitions and many group shows.
23 Facts About Lewis Bryden
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Formally trained as an architect, Lewis Bryden is self-taught in the fine arts.
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Lewis Bryden's style is informed by his interest in rendering different kinds of light.
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Lewis Bryden's daughter, Nell Bryden, is a singer performing around the UK and Ireland.
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Lewis Bryden maintains studios in New York City and Hadley, Massachusetts.
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From an early age, Lewis Bryden knew he wanted to be an artist.
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Lewis Bryden continued to do architectural work but began selling more canvases as area art buyers discovered his paintings of local landscapes.
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Lewis Bryden purchased a houseboat from the owner of the Food Bank Farm in Hadley.
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Lewis Bryden takes 15 minutes to mix his colors and then another 15 to sketch the scene on canvas.
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Lewis Bryden communicates his own joy at being outside in nature and his sense that the world is a satisfying place to live.
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Lewis Bryden depicts nature's beauty in its serene and comfortable moments.
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Lewis Bryden's works are most remarkable for their feeling of harmony and serenity, and above all, for their unaffected naturalness.
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In 2002, the US Treasury Department sanctioned Lewis Bryden's visit to Cuba on an artistic mission.
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Lewis Bryden spent five days there and completed a series of "plein air" paintings.
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Lewis Bryden has taken several painting trips to Colorado and the neighboring states of New Mexico and Arizona.
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Lewis Bryden enjoys the spectacular scenery in the mountains and the dramatic seasons.
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Lewis Bryden has gone to Glacier Bay, Alaska to capture the unusual lighting conditions there.
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Lewis Bryden has done a few self-portraits, but they have rarely been exhibited.
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Lewis Bryden is very interested in the relationships and stories of people he paints.
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Lewis Bryden is attracted to stories of artists and the relationships they have with the muses that inspire them.
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Lewis Bryden has recently been doing more sculpture, having entered this mode after he learned one of his models was allergic to turpentine.
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Lewis Bryden later learned the process of bronze sculpture and stone carving.
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Lewis Bryden's most recent commission, Nature as Muse, is a life-size bronze in the Mallinckrodt Garden at the art center called View in Old Forge, NY.