C. Lyle Skelton is a 21-year-old multi-media artist born and raised in Western North Carolina. Drawing and painting from the age of two, he enjoys looking at the world from a different perspective and putting it on canvas, whether it be emotions, people, animals, etc. Lyle likes to approach art whimsically and get the viewer involved in making the piece personal. Textures and colors are essential to his art pieces, where he mixes oil and acrylic with unconventional materials. Surrealism and Expressionism are two significant movements that influenced him and his work, with artist Edvard Munch being one of his biggest inspirations. Lyle believes art is a journey and artists are to guide. His current series explores how people view themselves and their aspirations using pearl acrylic and mirror pieces to draw the viewer in and get them to reflect.