In this body of work, Lyons returns to primarily painting the figure, in particular the female figure, exploring the notion of “ideal beauty” through the distortion of the female body, while drawing upon the foundational, primary elements of painting. Interested in artists such as Pablo Picasso and Hans Bellmer, who at times distorted and reconstructed the female figure, Lyons recreates the figure from a female perspective in relation to the feminine beauty ideal. Manipulating found imagery, Lyons chooses compositions that follow traditional modes in the representation of women in the history of painting — portraits and figures, standing, sitting or reclining.