Glenn Lyles was born and raised on a family farm in Hale Country. While growing up with his brothers and sisters, on his parent's farm, he developed a love for farming and ranching in the Texas Panhandle and High Plains and the people and wildlife that inhabit the region.

Glenn attended West Texas State University where he received a B.S. in Animal Science. One of his activities at WT was an active of the Livestock Judging Team. Upon graduation he returned to Hale Center and farmed with his father and brother for two decades.

Always interested in drawing and painting, Glenn Began to cultivate the interest. Glenn studied under local artists Ruth Barnett and Jack Sorenson. As his talent grew, he decided to pursue painting full time.

Fifteen years later Glenn has become an accomplished painter with works in galleries in Texas and New Mexico. He served as curator for the "Dirk West Retrospective Exhibit" in 2005, at Lubbock Arts Festival. Annually he is a guest lecturer at Texas A&M University, teaches workshops in Texas and Kansas, and was recently contacted to submit painting for the cover of Cattleman's Magazine.

Glenn, along with other local artists, painted the Murals that adorn downtown Hale Center, Texas. He exhibited his artwork in office of the Texas Speaker of the House of Pete Laney and had a painting featured in the television show "Tuckerville".

You may have seen his paintings on the campus of West Texas A&M, at the Annual Texas Cattle Feeders Convention, the O.S. Ranch Reunion Roping and Art Show, the National Cowboy Symposium in Lubbock, the Western Heritage Classic in Abilene and, for the second year, at West Texas A&M University Ag Development Association Annual Reunion.

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