Lawrence Fawcett

I was born in Rio de Janeiro Brazil. I spent my first 16 years traveling the world and living in various foreign countries.My father worked .in the State Department My first introduction to Art was at the age of 4 painting our metal fence and finger painting in the basement.When I was eight the coolest room in our house was under the staircase where my older brother by 7 years had his darkroom setup. Currently photographing as I travel and working on the images digitally with Photoshop, Corel and with enamels and paint. Previously I had photographed with a Linhof Tecknika and hand worked the 4x5 inch negatives. I have a Bachelor Degree in Fine Art from the California College of Art in the Bay Area.
I Think of Art as a way of processing my experiences with complete freedom, having uninhibited fun, and grounding myself with carefree comfort and experimentation.
A child like innocence is crucial to my work. I like seeing things creatively. I feel my work may be different and perhaps not the most beautiful.But truthfully each piece I make is really an experiment. I am more interested in "interesting" and "different" than I am in making something familiar or purely beautiful, not that those qualities are -or would be faulty -

Childhood spent in Ecuador, Portugal, Bangladesh , India and Brazil. Some boarding schooling at Western Reserve Academy, Hudson, Ohio in 9th and Tenth grades before returning to India, Bangladesh and Washington DC.
First college year at Edinboro State after summer schooling at Parsons in N.Y.C.
Nine years in the Bay Area : 1979-1989.
A  BFA from California College of Arts in Oakland in 1982.
Co-founder 3rd Floor Gallery at Dutchboy Artist Studios 1985-1988
Board member San Francisco Camerawork 1987-89.

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