RIVERWIND GALLERY PRESENTS ART FROM THE BEST!
The Art of Stephen Lyman
All my paintings have their origins in my experience
and perception of beauty in the wilderness
Biography
A Walk in the Woods
LIMITED EDITION CANVAS
Image size:
28"w x 19"h.
Edition Size:100
Image size:
28"w x 19"h.
Edition Size:100
$
650.00
The bulk and majesty of a solitary bull (male) moose moves deliberately through a forest of aspen. He appears and disappears as he weaves through the trees in deep snow. The mating season completed, this bull will drop his antlers soon in order to conserve energy for the winter. A new set of antlers will grow in the spring. The moose and the American aspen are native to much of the same North American territory. A Walk in the Woods is an iconic Stephen Lyman image: a spectacular wildlife subject, ensconced in its habitat.
ABOVE THE FOREST
LIMITED EDITION PRINT
Image size:
21"w x 21"h.
Edition Size:550
Image size:
21"w x 21"h.
Edition Size:550
$
225.00
ABOVE THE FOREST
LIMITED EDITION CANVAS
Image size:
24"w x 24"h.
Edition Size:100
Image size:
24"w x 24"h.
Edition Size:100
$
825.00
A quiet place, far from the crowd with a stunning view; who says we are the only species capable of enjoying such moments? Would the feline see the beauty of the rich color and texture of his perch as well? “Steve,” Andrea Lyman says, “chose painting the lynx from this perspective because at all levels, it is something few get to experience first hand.”
Companions
SMALLWORK CANVAS EDITION
Image size:
8"w x 12"h.
Edition Size:100
Image size:
8"w x 12"h.
Edition Size:100
$
235.00
Shortly before his death in April of 1996, Stephen Lyman was named one of the top artists in the country by U.S. Art magazine and the Greenwich Workshop Press published his book, Into the Wilderness: An Artist’s Journey. Already known for his wildlife in situ paintings, Lyman’s fine art print career was soaring following a series of campfire and Yosemite landscape paintings that placed the viewer inside the scene. He was only age 38 and had just begun to experiment in another painting style, which Companions exemplifies. With a looser painting style than his earlier work, it is more a painting of light than subject, as though the wolves allowed the artist to better depict the sunrise as it shimmered through the pines, crossed their fur backs and lit up their frosty breath. For Lyman collectors and those who have just discovered him, this Smallworks™ will light up a corner in your world.
Coyote Afternoon
SMALLWORK CANVAS EDITION
Image size:
12"w x 9"h.
Edition Size:100
Image size:
12"w x 9"h.
Edition Size:100
$
235.00
End of the Ridge
ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Image size:
34"w x 20"h.
Edition Size:100
Image size:
34"w x 20"h.
Edition Size:100
$
795.00
Artist Stephen Lyman was inspired by wildlife and wilderness and nowhere more than in his beloved Yosemite Park. There, he could climb the highest point of a crest at 11,860 feet and feel seated on a throne in a place where the universe seemed upside down, as though gravity were irrelevant and the sky around him became an ocean. No wonder Lyman’s muse, naturalist and conservationist John Muir, said that from these heights in Yosemite he loved nothing more than to dip his head into the sky.
“On an off-trail backpacking trip, after a steep, strenuous climb up what I thought was the side of the mountain, the rock suddenly dropped away into space and I realized I was on a ridge,” said artist Stephen Lyman. “That experience was the inspiration for this painting. The mountain goats are surveying the expanse of a clearing storm from the ‘end of the ridge.’”
“On an off-trail backpacking trip, after a steep, strenuous climb up what I thought was the side of the mountain, the rock suddenly dropped away into space and I realized I was on a ridge,” said artist Stephen Lyman. “That experience was the inspiration for this painting. The mountain goats are surveying the expanse of a clearing storm from the ‘end of the ridge.’”
Evening Star
ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Image size:
17"w x 22"h.
Edition Size:200
Image size:
17"w x 22"h.
Edition Size:200
$
595.00
The planet Venus (also known as the evening star) has inspired poets, painters and dreamers for millenia. As the sun sinks below the pink horizon, it appears, a sentinel to warn travelers to find a place to bed down for the night. This idyllic scene is part of Lyman’s campfire series, which also includes Warmed by the View, Fire Dance and Embers at Dawn, all of which are Sold Out at Publisher.
FIRELIGHT CHAPBOOK
LIMITED EDITION PRINT
Image size:
6 1/4"w x 6 1/4"h.
Edition Size:10000
Image size:
6 1/4"w x 6 1/4"h.
Edition Size:10000
$
195.00
HANDSOME
LIMITED EDITION CANVAS
Image size:
12"w x 8"h.
Edition Size:1250
Image size:
12"w x 8"h.
Edition Size:1250
$
295.00
As Andrea Lyman remembers, “Steve loved to glorify the small, easily overlooked beauties of nature. This is a Clark’s Nutcracker, a kind of common nuthatch we saw every winter near our home. From far away it’s a rather plain-looking bird, but up close Steve saw—and captured—the delicate juxtaposition between light and dark feathers on its wings.” A little canvas jewel from Stephen Lyman, replicating the subtle texture of his original.
IN THE HEART OF ALASKA
LIMITED EDITION PRINT
Image size:
35"w x 11 5/8"h.
Edition Size:550
$
245.00
IN THE HEART OF ALASKA
LIMITED EDITION CANVAS
Image size:
36"w x 12"h.
Edition Size:75
$
745.00
As Andrea Lyman tells us, "Steve loved the Alaskan landscape. He would always return home from camping trips to Denali National Park reinvigorated, impressed and inspired by the area's vastness and beauty. Caribou, he felt, exemplified an animal that could survive only in an area untouched by humans. It's likely no one was within miles of Steve when he was taking the photos this image is based upon, an idea he would have appreciated."
Lake of the Shining Rocks
MASTERWORK ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Image size:
40"w x 27"h.
Edition Size:75
Image size:
40"w x 27"h.
Edition Size:75
$
1,250.00
“When this lake was named Tenaya Lake, after the last chief of the Ahwahneechee Indians, that tribe already had its own name for it,” wrote Stephen Lyman. “For generations, they had been calling Pyweak (Pie-wee-ack), which means Lake of the Shining Rocks. It’s a very beautiful place where a lot of people go in the summertime, but by October everybody’s back at school or back at work. “I really enjoy painting light, trees, rocks, water and reflections. I love those elements and I love walking over the rock in Yosemite. This is a scene that just invites you to step onto that slope, even though it’s not level. It’s asking you to keep your balance and open your senses as fully as you can. Walking over that rock puts you in touch with nature … with all of life, really.”
LAST TOUCH OF LIGHT
LIMITED EDITION CANVAS
Image size:
33"w x 22"h.
Edition Size:975
Image size:
33"w x 22"h.
Edition Size:975
$
595.00
There are times when you just want to be transported to some tranquil spot in the American wilderness—let Lyman's newest be the catalyst for the journey of the imagination. Last Touch of Light allows you a grand view of one of our most glorious national parks, Yosemite. Here the Half Dome shimmers in the fading light, above the dark silent woods.
Moonbear Listens to the Earth
ANNIVERSARY EDITION CANVAS
Image size:
11"w x 21"h.
Edition Size:200
Image size:
11"w x 21"h.
Edition Size:200
$
395.00
“Steve painted this in honor of my Native American-inspired music and my dedication to the larger circle of life. ‘Moonbear’ is the name of my recording company and this image is its symbol. I’ve always had a place in my heart for this beautiful painting.” ¯ Andrea Lyman
This Greenwich Workshop Anniversary edition features a bear, one of Steve's most-memorable yet rarely-painted subjects. The native Miwok word for the grizzly bear is the source of the name "Yosemite," which was the artist's favorite place on Earth. The quiet serenity of this, one of Steve's few images featuring the bear, is a reminder of our fellowship with both the natural and animal world which honor the memory and legacy of the artist.
This Greenwich Workshop Anniversary edition features a bear, one of Steve's most-memorable yet rarely-painted subjects. The native Miwok word for the grizzly bear is the source of the name "Yosemite," which was the artist's favorite place on Earth. The quiet serenity of this, one of Steve's few images featuring the bear, is a reminder of our fellowship with both the natural and animal world which honor the memory and legacy of the artist.
North Country Shores
MASTERWORK ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Image size:
46"w x 18"h.
Edition Size:175
Image size:
46"w x 18"h.
Edition Size:175
$
950.00
Through years of study and exploration, Stephen Lyman discovered his calling: to paint the wilderness with passion and commitment. Through his paintings you, too, can travel deep into the woods, find serenity at the water’s edge and feel completely at home in the wild. North Country Shores, part of a series the artist referred to as “light in the wilderness,” embodies three of his favorite landscape subjects: water, light and wildlife. “The strong wind is coming off the lake right into your face, so you can imagine yourself standing there, your hair blowing back, being washed over by all this light, beauty and freshness,” said the artist. “The whole feeling I wanted to paint was golden, fresh, pristine, windblown purity.” Clear, cold and suffused with golden light, this spectacular, late winter afternoon vista is accented by the bald eagle poised in flight with a fresh catch in its claws.
NORTHERN REFLECTIONS
LIMITED EDITION PRINT
Image size:
8"w x 33"h.
Edition Size:550
Image size:
8"w x 33"h.
Edition Size:550
$
195.00
This dramatically formatted print is quintessential Steve Lyman. Through the eyes of an adventurer and artist, he takes us to a place we seldom, if ever, would have the chance to see ourselves. He gives us a most spectacular view at its most vivid and magnetic time of day. He presents us with an environment as a whole, each element (animal, earth, sky and light) only compounding the allure of the last. As an artist, he frames the scene to accent its striking nature.
Riparian Riches
MASTERWORK ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Image size:
56"w x 16"h.
Edition Size:75
$
950.00
‘Riparian’ refers to the life zone along a waterway or a lake and the riches are all the life inhabiting that zone from beneath the dappled water to the foliage in treetops.
“I wanted to do a very long, wide-angle view of a slow-moving river because I really enjoy painting crystal-clear water with reflections including the textures in the foliage on the opposite side of the river,” said artist Stephen Lyman. “I purposely shortened the view to include just a peek of the sky, because I wanted the viewer to feel this landscape intimately. There’s sand, lichen on boulders, leaves, trunks of trees, grasses, roots and many other things. It’s almost like a still life. Even the bird, a great blue heron, stands motionless in the water, waiting for a fish to come by for breakfast. I chose him because of his quiet and patient personality.”
“I wanted to do a very long, wide-angle view of a slow-moving river because I really enjoy painting crystal-clear water with reflections including the textures in the foliage on the opposite side of the river,” said artist Stephen Lyman. “I purposely shortened the view to include just a peek of the sky, because I wanted the viewer to feel this landscape intimately. There’s sand, lichen on boulders, leaves, trunks of trees, grasses, roots and many other things. It’s almost like a still life. Even the bird, a great blue heron, stands motionless in the water, waiting for a fish to come by for breakfast. I chose him because of his quiet and patient personality.”
Rufus Hummingbird and Mountain Hemlock
SMALLWORK ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Image size:
12"w x 5 1/4"h.
Edition Size:100
Image size:
12"w x 5 1/4"h.
Edition Size:100
$
145.00
SENTINEL OF THE GROVE
LIMITED EDITION PRINT
Image size:
12"w x 20"h.
Edition Size:2000
Image size:
12"w x 20"h.
Edition Size:2000
$
195.00
This handsome image has been chosen as one of a select number of works of art in a posthumous print program created to support the Stephen Lyman/ Greenwich Workshop Wilderness Fund.
Shooting Stars and Ladybug
SMALLWORK ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Image size:
4 3/8"w x 13 1/4"h.
Edition Size:100
Image size:
4 3/8"w x 13 1/4"h.
Edition Size:100
$
145.00
SOUNDS OF SUNSET
LIMITED EDITION PRINT
Image size:
32"w x 10 3/4"h.
Edition Size:950
$
245.00
STORM OVER TENAYA CANYON
LIMITED EDITION PRINT
Image size:
28"w x 24 5/8"h.
Edition Size:850
Image size:
28"w x 24 5/8"h.
Edition Size:850
$
235.00
STORM OVER TENAYA CANYON
LIMITED EDITION CANVAS
Image size:
33"w x 25"h.
Edition Size:125
Image size:
33"w x 25"h.
Edition Size:125
$
895.00
One of the great gifts of Steve’s life was sharing his intimate knowledge of Yosemite, which he literally knew from top to bottom. In Ahwahnee—The Deep Grassy Valley, he guides us through the verdant valley floor. In Dance of Cloud and Cliff, he lifts us up to majestic Half Dome, bathed in setting sunlight. With his classic, monumental landscape Storm Over Tenaya Canyon, we soar higher still. Steve often included wildlife in his pieces and sometimes suggested a narrative, but this pure landscape is a deliberate departure, almost certainly inspired by the dramatic images of Albert Bierstadt and other 19th-century painters of the west. Published from the artist’s original acrylic painting.
Swallowtail Butterfly and
Pink Mountain Heather
Pink Mountain Heather
SMALLWORK ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Image size:
9 1/2"w x 9 1/2"h.
Edition Size:100
Image size:
9 1/2"w x 9 1/2"h.
Edition Size:100
$
165.00
The Field Watcher
SMALLWORK CANVAS EDITION
Image size:
22"w x 6"h.
Edition Size:150
$
245.00
THE LONG AUTUMN
LIMITED EDITION PRINT
Image size:
36 1/2"w x 14 5/8"h.
Edition Size:950
Image size:
36 1/2"w x 14 5/8"h.
Edition Size:950
$
270.00
It is images like The Long Autumn that helped establish Stephen's incredible popularity in the world of limited edition fine art prints. Here, wildlife and wilderness are sewn into a seamless landscape, the bighorn sheep blending almost imperceptibly among the rocks and grasses in the background. Andrea Lyman notes that while the warm, golden palette was unusual for Steve, it perfectly evokes the sense of a promise fulfilled. "After a summer of plenty," she says, "comes the satisfaction and ease of autumn. The sheep are well-prepared for winter…there's still time for them to bask in the sunlight."
Tiger Lilies and Grasshopper
SMALLWORK ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Image size:
7 1/4"w x 8 1/2"h.
Edition Size:100
Image size:
7 1/4"w x 8 1/2"h.
Edition Size:100
$
145.00