Painted Lions available for Donation

The 60 lions not selected for the Gala auction are available for purchase – first come, first served – for $250 each.  Call 610-892-1249 to buy your very own, very special lion!  A portion of the purchase price is tax-deductible.  Proceeds from the sale of our lions will help provide scholarships for Penn State Brandywine students. 

Lion-a –go-go Penn State Admissions and Marian Setzman
Dr. Seuss was the inspiration for those who painted this lion. It tells “all the places you’ll go,” with a Penn State Brandywine education.
Sign Here Student Affairs and Entering Students Fall 2007
All new students to Penn State Brandywine in Fall of 2007 signed this lion.
LANDSCAPE LION Michael Goldsborough
The artist has created a beautiful scene with a haunting night sky.
INDIGO LION Michael Goldsborough
Repeated swirls of shades of blue cover the lion completely.
FLORA Leigh Glenn
Plants and animals native to the state of Pennsylvania are painted on the body of this lion.
GOLDY Mallory Anthony
This lion was painted with a faux finish and has a beautiful golden patina.
ART HISTORICAL LION Springfield High School Students
Seniors from Springfield High School, class of 2007, painted references to many artists on this lion.
LION AND CUBS Students of Media Elementary
Working with art teacher Jana Maxwell, students created this lion which was has little individual lion cubs drawn on and crawling all over it.
CAMOFLAUGE LION Students of Springfield High School
Working with art teacher Beth Fellona, students created this lion camouflaged in a sea of blue and white.
MORE PAINT PLEASE! Kyle Potter
Children at the Goddard preschool painted a hands-on lion.
HERB Cristol Gregory
Herb is covered with beautifully designed plant materials painted on a deep eggplant purple base.
LION.COM Susan Fredricks and Communications Majors
This lion is an assemblage created by Penn State Brandywine Communications Majors using symbols and remnants from many methods of communication old and new.
THON Lion #2 Ashley DiNardo and friends
Already auctioned for THON.
SUPERLION Writing Center
The folks in Penn State Brandywine’s Writing Center created a superhero lion that is “Saving the World One Thesis at a Time.”
ORLOVLION English Department, Pat Hillen, Arnold Markley
This lion celebrates Dr. Paul Orlov of the Penn State Brandywine English Department, who recently received a chair honoring his 25 years of service to the campus and department.
DISGUISED LION Dana M. Osburn
The artist used a myriad of mediums including oil paints, black and white photography and fibers to enhance this lion.
HELLION Colleen D. Gjefle
The artist conceived this lion on Halloween Day. His name and the holiday led to the initial image of the hand reaching through the rib cage to grasp at the remnants of fur still on this creature's back.
TILE STYLE LION Claudia McGill
The artist adapted the tile-like format of mosaic to the curves of the lion's body. The bright colors of the lion make for a lively look.
TRIBAL LION Christine Belton
The textured surface and incised decorations on this lion were inspired by African patterns.
TORTOISESHELL Bonnie MacAllister
The artist took as her model for this lion her four cats that are all tortoiseshell-colored. When she painted the lion, her husband was recovering from cancer and was comforted by the cats, and so the lion represents healing and struggle.
ASTROPUS Jessica Juliana
The artist is fascinated with images of astronauts and octopuses which float over the lion.
KRIYA Joan Scheckel
The artist wanted to show the action and movement of a lion. She used magazine cutouts, resin, and acrylic paint and named the lion Kriya, which means in Sanskrit “action, motion and deed.”
BUTTERFLION Diane Quercetti and the 8th graders of St. Thomas the Apostle School
The students who painted this lion did so in honor of their classmate Billy Mock who died the last week of school last year. Because they released butterflies at his funeral, they decided to paint the lion as a sky with butterflies all over it.
LION AFFECTED BY PAINT Glenn Stevens
The artist sought to create a chiseled lion that has stories to tell. To that end he used a color palette of bright orange, magenta and violet and added texture with carbon paper.
BLUE DREAMER Joseph McFetridge
Inspired by the beautiful night sky, this artist has painted his lion to reflect happy times with friends contemplating the universe.
CLEOPATLION Pat Kerr
The colors and motifs of Egyptian art inspired the artist who painted this lion.
LION ARTED Maxine Burkholder and Kirsten Lusska
Covered with details from famous paintings from Van Gogh to Dali, this lion has been “lion arted”.
I TACHE Madeleine Kelly
The artist’s initial influence in creating this lion was Tachism, an abstract form of art which means to spot, scratch, and blob. Although this was her initial inspiration, she followed the energy of the form and added more definitive elements as she progressed.
CAT ON THE MOVE Residents of Haverford Estates
Residents of Haverford Estates were inspired by vintage images of cars, trains, bicycles, and other forms of transportation which they incorporated on to their lion. To give the animal that final antique touch, they stained the sculpture with tea.
BOB CAT Nancy Barch
This lion is painted in the true spirit of Penn State. The lion is a football hero.
BACK TO GREEN Tina Ruzio
The artist has created a “mechanical” lion that has been taken over by nature both inside and out. As with previous civilizations, our technologically advanced one may one day fall and nature will ultimately take over again, a process this lion is intended to symbolize.
PEPE SONIA URSULINA 6th Grade Valley Forge Middle School
This lion is painted to look like a piggy bank, with primary warm colors, and was created at Valley Forge Middle School by Mrs. Sawyer's sixth grade Art Activity. The students were inspired by the style of Oaxacan Mexican folk art, which they study as a regular part of their art curriculum.
HAPPY VALLEY CAT Jane McGovern
Dazzling colors and shapes make this lion a celebration.
CELESTIAL VOYAGER Pierre Cornu
This lion, sponsored by Celestial Voyagers tour agency, suggests journeys of the mind that parallel journeys in real life.
DRAGLION Melissa Shorter
The artist is a fan of the fantasy genre and is especially fond of dragons, which inspired her lion project.
NOW AND THEN Matt Schroeder
This lion is done in decoupage with prints of scenes of State College donated by artist Rick Bollinger and photos and news stories about Penn State Delco/Brandywine.
CATFISH Michelle Hart
Playing with the term “catfish,” the artist left this lion’s paws, tail and face intact but created fins and a tail from armature wire and tissue paper. She sought to capture the iridescent qualities of fish scales by layering different colors of spray paint to enhance the surface texture.
PAWS OF HIGHLAND PARK Students of Highland Park Elementary School
Working with art teacher Eric Jennings, the 650 students of Highland Park Elementary School all participated in making this lion by each painting a hand on it. To add some real pizzazz, the art teacher drilled holes and put lights inside.
WILLIAM Students of Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades
This lion captures the blue and white colors of Penn State and includes the symbols of both Penn State Brandywine and its neighbor, Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades.
BLUE BEAUTY AND THE WORLD Ethelmay Rose and Louise Stiller
An email from a relative in Australia inspired the artist to think of the countries of the world as they look at night. She reproduced the email and cut it into discrete images, which she then applied to the body of the lion to create a collage of cities and places around the world.
ED Eric Jennings
This lion is about the importance of education and includes some abstracted images of students in a classroom. The artist added the glass pieces, since that is the medium in which he works, and they include pictures of some of his students done with a special photo-etching/enameling process.
RICCO 6th Grade Valley Forge Middle School
This blue and silver lion shows Penn State University colors and was painted in Mrs. Misko's sixth grade art class. The students were inspired by the style of Oaxacan Mexican folk art, which they study as a regular part of their art curriculum.
RIZZO 6th Grade Valley Forge Middle School
This rainbow-eyed lion is peppered with tons of dots and shapes filled in by individual students of Mrs. Misko's sixth grade art class. The students were inspired by the style of Oaxacan Mexican folk art, which they study as a regular part of their art curriculum.
SPRINGFIELD SUPPORTS THE CURE Beth Fellona
When the artist Beth Fellona was diagnosed with breast cancer on November 12, 2007, she received love and support from her students and fellow faculty. She decided to paint this lion pink and have anyone affected by breast cancer sign the lion to create a tribute to all those who have been affected by this disease.
DIEGO LEONA 6th Grade Valley Forge Middle School
This lion painted by Mrs. Lombardo’s sixth grade Art class will be auctioned off at Family Fun Night at Valley Forge Middle School.
SEA LION Michael Winterbottom, Alicia Petree, Becky Knorrm, Eris Choi, Dennis Mason
Working with art teacher Michael Winterbottom, students of Marple Newtown High School created a lion using dramatic sea images.
ASTROLION Mitch Harper
The artist worked with ideas from a committee of boys from General Wayne Middle School and St. Patrick School in Malvern, who were inspired by sports themes. The lion is covered with astroturf and the number 40 demonstrates that reaching 40 years for Penn State Brandywine is like getting to the "40-yard line".
BUGS Jeannie Tourscher
This lion embodies all the things in the environment that “bugged” the students that made it.
PENNY, THE PENN STATE LION 6th Grade Valley Forge Middle School
This school spirit lion is split down the middle with contrasting Penn State colors on a grassy green base. Mrs. Lombardo's sixth grade art class was inspired by the style of Oaxacan Mexican folk art, which the students study as a regular part of their art curriculum.
TOUCHING HEARTS AND MINDS Student teachers, Penn State Brandywine
Students and Student Teachers from Overbrook Elementary, Overbrook Educational Center and Disston Elementary “touched” this lion and left an impression forever – as students and teachers are able to forever change each other’s lives. "Once someone touches your heart, the fingerprints will last forever."
CLARKE Keith Cox, Jr.
This lion illustrates the growth of Middletown Township with a township map from 75+ years ago on one side of its body and on the other side, the current township map. The names of various businesses in Middletown that have been around for 75+ years and the Penn State logo also form the decoration on this lion.
SNOW LION Jamie Zarmanian
The Preschool Class (3-5 year olds) at Elwyn Development Center in Media, Pennsylvania painted this lion. They first painted the lion blue, put their handprints on the lion, and then painted the rock brown.
ABDUL JABBARAH KEIMADA PADDY 6th Grade Valley Forge Middle School
This jewel-eyed lion is dotted and covered with shapes and is resting on a patterned base in the Mexican tradition of Oaxacan animals like all of the nine lions painted at Valley Forge Middle School. This one was painted by Mrs. Misko's sixth grade class.
PAQUITA STEFANO URSULINA 6th Grade Valley Forge Middle School
This lion is painted primarily with cool colors in the background and is intensely patterned on top. Students in Mrs. Sawyer's sixth grade Art Activity were inspired by the style of Oaxacan Mexican folk art, which is a regular part of their art curriculum.
LEARNED LION Helen Read
The “Learned Lion” knows upper and lower case letters, numbers, Roman numerals and the Greek alphabet.