Robert Lyon was born in Hampton, Ontario in 1963. His writing credits include a tenure as Assistant Editor of Birds of the Wild magazine and Editor of The Curlew. A past Board Director and Secretary for the Canadian Society for Endangered Birds, Robert is an active naturalist. His artwork has appeared in a number of shows including the Atlantic Waterfowl Celebration, Birds in the Environment and the prestigious Birds in Peril show. In 1994 Robert Lyon and sculptor Jim Edsall presented the successful exhibition Beauty on the Wing at the Canadian Wildlife Service Atlantic Headquarters. Since that first exhibition, Lyon and Edsall have also presented their work together in Watercolour and Wood and Flight of Fancy. High Marsh Visions was his first solo exhibit in Atlantic Canada.

In 1999, Robert Lyon Studio was opened in Sackville, New Brunswick. This permanent working studio is open to the public and home to Robert’s annual exhibition of work.

His work has been commissioned by such organizations as The Nature Conservancy, Environment Canada, Wetlands for the Americas and Fundy National Park. Robert has partnered with The Nature Conservancy on a number of illustration projects since 1999. His continued work with NCC on their Johnson’s Mills shorebirds project has allowed the artist an opportunity to express his fascination with the magnificent Bay of Fundy flocks.

In 2003, Robert wrote, illustrated and published “Mick of the Marsh”, his first book for children. Since the success of “Mick of the Marsh”, Robert has released four more children’s books including “Peepers Creepers”, “Wee Smoot”, “The Puffin Brudders Christmas Story” (featured on CBC radio) and most recently “The Puffin Brudders - What the Storm Blew In”.

Robert Lyon continues his wide-eyed exploration of the natural world at the edge of the Tantramar Marshes in Upper Sackville with his wife, artist Katherine Hicks Lyon and their children Eliza and Seamus.