Hyatt’s jewelry - earrings, pendants, brooches and stick pins - was included in two Art of Crafts exhibits at the Denver Art Museum in the mid-’80s. So despite being a self-described “nonconformist,” before his retirement a few years ago, he held a series of responsible jobs, sometimes taking on the role of an administrator after being hired: He’s worked as a counselor for emotionally disturbed children at Colorado Christian Home, taught DUI classes at the Jefferson County Health Department and served as a methadone counselor at Denver Health. A 1971 graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder in fine art, Hyatt had once hoped to make art his primary source of income, but he couldn’t support his family on his earnings. Anthony Camera For the past three years, the 71-year-old Hyatt has been steadily at work on his “Combinatorics” - at the same time growing his ponytail down to his shoulder blades, while the hair above continues to thin.
