Exhibit Features Works By The Late Stephen Lyman

Thu., May 21, 1998

Beverly Vorpahl Staff writer

The art world was stunned two years ago when Stephen Lyman, a Sandpoint resident and artist, was killed in a climbing accident in Yosemite National Park. But he lives on through his art.

“Stephen Lyman - a Retrospective” opened last week at the Lyman Gallery in Lewiston.

The works of the late wilderness artist and naturalist remain among the top-selling art in the country, said his sister, Shauna Lyman, spokeswoman for the gallery.

“His artwork is inspiring and was inspired in turn by the writing and teachings of naturalist John Muir,” said Sauna Lyman. “Stephen actively shared the wonder of the natural world with a legion of collectors until his untimely death in 1996.”

“Love of life, family and the wilderness was the very essence of the artist,” she said.

The show will be displayed in the gallery at 642 Main in Lewiston through June 12. Gallery hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday.

Elsewhere in Lewiston

Richard Buswell, a physician in Helena, is the featured artist at the Lewis-Clark Center for Arts and History in a show that opens today in Lewiston.

“Echoes: A Visual Reflection” is the title of Buswell’s black-andwhite photographs of the Western frontier: old mines, buildings, tools, etc. Images range from abandoned gold mills, cabins with newspaper wallpaper, silos and sod houses that cover the landscape of the less-traveled roads of the West, said Leslie Esselburn, director of the center.

The show runs through June 5. Admission is $1; gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. The center will be closed on May 25 for Memorial Day.

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