Education:

• BFA—Bachelor of Fine Arts/Painting - University of Georgia
  
• MPA --- Master of Public Administration - University of Tennessee
  
• Artist Residency Grant: Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont
  
• Studied with Peter Homitzky-Art Students League of New York, William J. Kalwick, Martin Grielle, Bruce Greene, Vie Dunn-Harr

Teaching Experience:

• Art Center of Williamson County, Round Rock, Texas – 2005 - 2006
• National Arts Program (NAPF)/VSA of Texas Art Education Scholarships – 2005, 2006
• Temple College at Taylor – 2005: Drawing and Painting
• Laughing at the Sun Gallery, Austin, Texas—1999: Figure Painting
• Private Instruction—1990-Present: Oil Painting, Workshops and Classes

Professional Publications:

• Book: “Smithville, Texas!,” Jordan Gallery, Smithville, Texas, 2005
• Photo: “Stone Turns Into Flesh,” Austin American-Statesman, September, 1999
• Painting: “The Lesson”: Cover of September/October 1997 Journal of Health Education
• Painting: “Woman: Stress”: Cover of January/February 1989 Health Education

Selected Exhibitions and Awards:

Galleries and Venues:

• Wounded Warrior Project: Six Texas Art Teachers Exhibition, Cultural Activities Center, Temple, Texas - January, 2010 - February, 2010
• Thiel-Silcox, Killeen Art Guild Competition, Killeen, Texas -Selected, November-December 2010
• Diocese of Austin Pastoral Center, Austin, Texas - 2nd Fine Arts Council Art Exhibit, Selected - August, 2009 - February, 2010
• Up the Chisholm Trail Art Exhibit, Georgetown, Texas - September, 2009
• Studio2 Gallery, Austin, Texas – April, 2009 - Present 
• Smith Gallery, Scott & White, Temple, Texas – One Woman Show – July, 2008
• Vive le Art Cultural Center, Killeen, Texas – Red Show, 2nd Place Award – Oct, 2007
• Cultural Activities Center, Temple, Texas – Dolls Dissemblage Invitational Show – Aug-Sep,2007
• Gallery Lombardi, Austin, Texas: Radical Nautical Juried Show, Selected, August, 2007
• Killeen Artist Guild, Killeen, Texas – Honorable Mention, June, 2007
• 8th Street Gallery and Studios, Georgetown, Texas, April, 2009 – Present
• A Floral Expression, Georgetown, Texas: May, 2007 - Present
• Abbey’s, Georgetown, Texas: One Person Show, September-October, 2006
• The Framers Gallery, Georgetown, Texas: One Person Show, July, 2006
• Art Splash 2006 National Juried Competition, Graham, Texas – Selected, April, 2006
• Concordia University, Austin, Texas, National Juried Arte Sagrado 2006 Purchase Prize Award - April, 2006
• River Place Country Club, Austin Texas, One Woman Show, December, 2005 – January, 2006
• Casall’s Art Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana: 2005-Present
• Jordan Gallery, Smithville, Texas: 2005 – 2006
• Thompson Mole Gallery, LaGrange, Texas: 2005-2006
• Oil Painters of America, Texas Coordinator-Great Paint Out, San Antonio, Texas – Oct., 2005
• Cultural Activities Center, Temple, Texas, Bell Fine Arts Exhibition, August-September, 2005
• Bell Fine Arts Gallery, Belton, Texas: First Place, Portraits, in Fall competition: November, 2004 Salado Galleries, Salado, Texas: 2005-2006
• Warm River Gallery, Austin, Texas: Two-Person Show: 2005-2006
• Gallery Lombardi Juried National Show “Electricity and Me,” selected, Austin, Texas: Oct, 2004
• Bunkhouse Gallery Art Shows, Cypress Mill, Texas: 2003, 2004
• Artists Harvest Show "Lyle and Lyle," Austin, Texas: October, 2000
• Gallery Lombardi "New Paintings" Lyle/Randall/Roset Exhibition, Austin, Texas: June, 2000

Patricia A. Lyle

• Springfield Art Association "Liturgical and Sacred Art 2002 Juried Exhibition," Springfield, Illinois: May 3 - May 18, 2002
• Mariological Society of America Juried Mary in the Arts Exhibit, traveling nationally from Dayton, Ohio: Selected—1998/1999
• Havre de Grace Arts Commission 7th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Second Place,  Havre de Grace, Maryland: Award—1997
• Washington National Cathedral Liturgical Design Show, Washington, DC: 1997

Austin Visual Arts Association

• AVAA Juried Shows, Austin, Texas: May, 2004; 2005
• Carr Building Exhibition, Austin, Texas: April-June, 2004
• 2005, 2004, 2003, 1999 Membership Shows, Austin, Texas
• Artists’ Coalition of Austin "Revenants" Show, Austin, Texas: April 1-15, 2002
• Curator, “Artists to Artists Outreach: Imagine Art” Exhibition, Austin, Texas: February, 2000
• “Body Conscious: Leslie Pierce and Patricia Lyle” Show, Austin, Texas:    September, 1999

Williamson County Art Guild

• WCAG Show Chair, 2005-2006
• Georgetown Poppy Festival, Poppy Art Competition, Third Place, February, 2005
• Golden Bough Exhibit, Georgetown, Texas: December, 2003/January, 2004
• WCAG Juried Show, Selected, Georgetown, Texas: October 4-5, 2003

Taylor Artist Guild

• Dia de los Muertos Exhibition, Second Place, Taylor, Texas, October, 2005; October, 2006
• Vive Le Arts Center, Killeen, Texas, March-April, 2005
• Georgetown Hospital Healing Arts Gallery, March, 2005
• Valentine Icon Exhibit, Second Place, Taylor, Texas, February, 2005
• Taylor Daily Press Artist of the Month, November, 2004
• Golden Bough Gallery TAG Artists Exhibition, Georgetown, Texas: 2005, 2004

Corporate and Private Collections:

• Southwest Research Cancer Center, Austin, Texas
• Concordia University Collection, Austin, Texas
• TECO-Westinghouse Motor Company, Round Rock, Texas
• Expert Systems, Reston, Virginia
• Randolph Breyer & Associates, Mendham, New Jersey
• Numerous private collections in USA, Singapore, Australia

Professional Experience:

• Visual artist—1970-Present
• Williamson County Art Guild, Show Chair, 2005-2006
• Artists’ Coalition of Austin, Board Member, 1999
• EditTech, Inc., Reston, Virginia, President—1987-1999
• American Association for HPERD, Reston, Virginia—1980-1988
• State Department of Education, Nashville, Tennessee—1974-1980

Memberships:

• American Impressionist Society
• National Museum of Women in the Arts
• American Women Artists
• Oil Painters of America
• Art Students League of New York
• Outdoor Painters Society
• Austin Visual Arts Association
• Plein Air Austin
• Coppini Academy of Fine Arts
• Williamson County Art Guild
• Portrait Society of America