Doris Lyons Hoover Landscape Paintings

Factories - Industrial Landscape in Oil on Linen Bold industrial landscape by Doris Lyons Hoover (American, 1927-2014). A large red building sits at the left edge of the composition with a grey building across the composition to the right. Three smokestacks let of smoke or steam, surrounded by piping and tanks running throughout the scene. Signed "Lyons" in the lower right corner and on verso. Canvas size: 24"H x 30"W No frame. Doris Lyons Hoover (American, 1927-2014) was born in Fort Payne, Alabama, on Oct. 8, 1927, on her grandparents' farm. She was raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and attended college at the University of Chattanooga, (now UTC) where she received honors in ar. At U.C. she met her husband Jack Hoover, and the couple moved to Palo Alto in 1954. Doris Hoover became a nationally known fabric artist, teacher, lecturer and co-founder of the Peninsula Stitchery Guild, a leading organization in the Bay Area Crafts Movement of the 1970s. Her beautiful, often playful quilts, soft sculptures and creative stitchings grace homes...

Apartment Interior #2 - Watercolor and Pen on Paper Detailed interior scene by Doris Lyons Hoover (American, 1927-2014). The apartment is furnished with several chairs, one of which is wicker, with a bookshelf behind them. The room is decorated in shades of green, brown, and blue-grey. There are two light green carpets on the floor. Signed "Doris Hoover" in the lower right corner. Location information in lower left corner. Presented in a wood frame. Frame size: 17"H x 21"W Image size: 9.75"H x 13.5"W Doris Lyons Hoover (American, 1927-2014) was born in Fort Payne, Alabama, on Oct. 8, 1927, on her grandparents' farm. She was raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and attended college at the University of Chattanooga, (now UTC) where she received honors in ar. At U.C. she met her husband Jack Hoover, and the couple moved to Palo Alto in 1954. Doris Hoover became a nationally known fabric artist, teacher, lecturer and co-founder of the Peninsula Stitchery Guild, a leading organization in the Bay Area Crafts Movement of the 1970s. Her beautiful, often playful quilts, soft sculptures and creative stitchings grace...

Industrial Landscape with Trees in Oil on Linen Bold industrial landscape by Doris Lyons Hoover (American, 1927-2014). A large red building with a water tank and silos above a tree studded road dominates the landscape. The sky is blue-grey and filled with puffy clouds. Signed "Lyons" in the lower right corner and on verso. Canvas size: 24"H x 30"W No frame. Doris Lyons Hoover (American, 1927-2014) was born in Fort Payne, Alabama, on Oct. 8, 1927, on her grandparents' farm. She was raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and attended college at the University of Chattanooga, (now UTC) where she received honors in ar. At U.C. she met her husband Jack Hoover, and the couple moved to Palo Alto in 1954. Doris Hoover became a nationally known fabric artist, teacher, lecturer and co-founder of the Peninsula Stitchery Guild, a leading organization in the Bay Area Crafts Movement of the 1970s. Her beautiful, often playful quilts, soft sculptures and creative stitchings grace homes...