The Art of Steve Lawrence

About Me

I hope that you will subscribe to my website and I would like to hear your comments. You can also e-mail me at:

Lawsteve2@yahoo.com

Thanks for your interest in my work.

Steve

Artist’s Statement

My interest in art really began to take hold in New Lincoln High School. Patricia Dobrin was the most influential teacher during those times. Her encouragement gave me the confidence to keep working in art and apply to art schools for college. She also was an artist in her own right and her website http://patriciadobrin.com is full of her new work, which is amazing!

I went on to graduate from Carnegie Mellon Uni with a BFA in 1970. Elaine de Kooning was one of my teachers in my senior year. She wrote, "Mr. Lawrence has shown himself to be a sensitive and intelligent painter. He has evolved a difficult and original style of working on large canvases. I feel he should be encouraged to make art his lifetime profession." Elaine de Kooning 5/15/70

Besides being the wife of the famous painter Willem de Kooning she was an artist in her own right as well as an art critic and teacher.

After graduation I moved to San Francisco and helped start an artists cooperative called Project Artaud and it is still functioning.

I then went on to 40 year career working in nonprofit organizations. Now I'm back to being an artist.

In 2010 I was part of the San Diego Art Department's Open Studio led by Kate Ashton. She was a big help in getting me painting again. You can see her work at http://www.kateashton.com/

My art is and always has been abstract in nature. Even if there is a suggestion of a landscape or other image it is my hope that the viewer will discover what their imagination creates. There is no right or wrong interpretation, rather when I paint, it is the creative process unfolding for me and I hope the viewers will find themselves in that experience as well.

Painting for me is both a creative struggle and a satisfying experience whose results are their own reward. I believe that I have created an innovative technique that best expresses the beauty and pain that we all experience in different ways. Painting for me is a way to master those feelings and the manifestation of what words cannot express.

I hope you enjoy the experience of seeing my work and would welcome any comments you might want to offer.

Steve Lawrence
San Diego California
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