Greg Hodapp

Art in the cafe...

John Isaac Lyons


"Drawings and Paintings by Isaac Lyons"


November 2025



Isaac Lyons grew up in an artistic family in the woods west of Madison Wisconsin. While surrounded by nature in his youth, Lyons was drawn to the urban aesthetic of trains, street art and Hip Hop culture. As a teenager he spent most of his free time painting graffiti in abandoned buildings, under bridges and on trains. He has also completed many murals around Wisconsin and the midwest. Isaac’s recent works on canvas have moved away from the Postmodern Figurative/Symbolic, as he is now embracing a Neo Abstract Expressionist aesthetic. These paintings, exude raw brush work, and reveal his knack for color and...
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Friday, July 23, 2004

Greg Hodapp currently hails from nowhere in particular, but is originally from Cincinnati, Ohio. Previously he lived for six years in Wisconsin\'s Chequamegon bay area. It was really there in the rich musicality and varied traditions of the north country that his interest and proficiency in appalachian and celtic music flourished. Greg is currently a one man band incorporating dual instrument playing (harmonica combos) and foot stomping sleigh bell rythym. He currently counts in his repetoire the mountain dulcimer, guitar, five string banjo, penny whistle, concertina, bodhran (Irish drum), the highland bagpipes, parlour pipes, and harmonica. The traditional music of the appalachian mountains, Great Lakes, and British Isles flow through and around Greg\'s tunes, songs and stories. Come have a listen, you will enjoy the unique humor and rich variety that characterizes his enjoyable performances.