JEANNIE LAWSON, ARTIST
Statement
Jeannie Lawson is an artist who is inspired by nature, conservation, sustainability, energy, space, water, and the connection between man and his domain. She studied portrait painting with Ron Sherr and has painted people and animals as well as nature for the past decade.
Jeannie Lawson is moved by the ocean, the world population, the need to feed and sustain life and the possibilities of life elsewhere. The interconnectivity of man to man, insect and animal to man and man to earth is a focus of her work. She has a special connection to pollinators, and the earth we live on and our stewardship of it, as well as the exploration of the limitless possibilities which surrounds us whether near, or far away in space.
Jeannie Lawson accepts private commissions.
Biography
Jeannie Lawson is an artist and has been since early childhood. She attended Parsons School of Design and graduated with a degree in interior design. She developed an interest in painting interiors and studied trompe l’oeil with Leonard Pardon and Jo Anne Day. She worked as a trompe l’oeil artist and did faux bois, faux marbre, cloudy skies and murals, painted furniture and screens, floor design, decorative paintings, gold leaf work and wall glazing . A client of hers asked for paintings of individuals which inspired her to go further with her art work and she began studying at the National Academy with James Childs and then at the Arts Students League. Ron Sherr, was a great inspiration to her and she studied with him between 1998 and 2006.. She has painted adults, children, and animals as well as landscapes and seascapes ever since. She has also studied with Nelson Shanks, Daniel Greene, and Raymond Everett Kinstler at the Art Student’s League.
Memberships and Affiliations
Life Member Art Student’s League of New York
National Arts Club, New York
Carriage Arts Barn, CT
Member, Oil Painters of America
Member, The Portrait Society
Member, Silvermine Arts Center
Gallery Shows
Silvermine Arts Center Show, June 3, to June 30 2019
Carriage Barn Arts Center, Art In The Windows, May 30 to June 14, 2019
Silvermine Arts Center Show, June 3 to June 30th, 2018
Garden Club of America Bulletin, Spring 2018, Article Published on Zone Artist
Carriage Barn Arts Center, Members Show, Fall 2017
Silvermine Arts Center Show, May 17 to June 7, 2017
Carriage Barn Arts Center, Art In The Windows, May 4 to May 20th, 2017
Carriage Barn Arts Center, Members Show, September 24, to October 30, 2016
Carriage Barn Arts Center, Art in the Windows Show, May 29 to June 12, 2016
Annual Juried Exhibition Silvermine Arts Center, June 1 to 23, 2016
Carriage Barn Arts Center For the Birds Show, November 14 to December 19, 2015
Carriage Barn Arts Center, 38th Annual Members Show, September 19, 2015
Ox Ridge Hunt Club, Darien, CT. Art work on display and sold at Annual Horse
Show Grand Prix and Annual Show, June 9 to 14, 2015
Carriage Barn Arts Center, Art in the Windows Show, May 30 to June 14, 2015
Anam Cara Gallery, Greenwich, CT, April, May, 2015, (now closed)
In Our Own Hands, at the Colony Club, 2009
Art Student’s League of New York, 2007
Art Student’s League of New York, 2006
Art Student’s League of New York, 2005
Art Student’s League of New York, 2004
Art Student’s League of New York, 2003
Art Student’s League of New York, 2002
Art Student’s League of New York, 2001
St. James Episcopal Church in Southampton, NY 2000
National Academy of Design, Art of Heart’s Fund Raising Event
Art Student’s League of New York, 2000
Art Student’s League of New York, 1999
St. James Episcopal Church in Southampton, 1999
Art Student’s League of New York, 1998