J Lawrence

J Lawrence Abrams is a prolific artist whose works span 50 years. At age fourteen he received private instruction where he learned to apply solid fundamentals of design and color, and at age eighteen his oil paintings received juried top awards at various New York art galleries and centers. He painted from nature, particularly wildflower gardens in his loose, painterly way of manipulating oils on the canvas which is still evident today. During these years he also had a love for music, especially percussion. He studied under artist and mentor William Bippis while pursuing an undergraduate degree in percussion performance at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester N.Y. His eight years of advanced studies in both disciplines simultaneously greatly affected his approach to form and composition in the visual arts as well as music, realizing the capabilities of this natural occurring parallel of their compositional parameters. Similarly, to the “Orpheus Group’ of the earlier part of the 20th century, he began to interchange concepts of two-dimension and three-dimension art works with those of absolute music compositions. His philosophy of the visual arts is that they are first felt through the senses, as is with absolute music, thereb...

StarPoint Central School, Lockport, N.Y. 1971-1973
Regents: Private study with artist Richard Gerlach
Eastman School of Music, Rochester, N.Y. 1973-1978
BA: Percussion Performance
State University of NY at Fredonia, N.Y. 1978-1981
BA in Special Studies: Music Composition for Theatre
SUNY at Empire State College, New York, N,Y, 1982 Theatre in New York City: Asst.composer for 3 musicals Marchutz School of Fine Arts, AixProvence,France 1994
Excursions of Study to Valcluse, Avignon, Paris,Venice
Drawing and Painting from Nature
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 1994-1996
BFA: Painting and Sculpture
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 1996-1997
EMBA Business program

1972: Kenan Art Center,Buffalo,NY 2nd place paintings

1983-2016: J Lawrence Creations
Paintings, "Woodskapes" and sculpture throughout Florida, New York, Washington, DC, Chicago, IL, and the Bahamas

1983-84 Spring Street Gallery, SOHO, N.Y., N.Y.

1984-85 Engelman Art Gallery, N,Y,N,Y,

1985Kornblee ArtGallery,W.57thSt,NY,NY,Woodskape

1985 A.A,O Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
1985 Competition: Woodscape: Best in Show award.

1985-86-87 A.A.O. Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
7 juried group exhibitions awards for paintings/sculpture

1985-88 Arnak Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY.
paintings and "Woodskapes".

1985-1990 Patricia Judith Art Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
Acrylic paintings

1985-1987 Studio 4590: Partnership with Working Studio and 4590 Art Gallery, acrylic paintings, design consultant

1985-94 Tatem Art Gallery Las Olas Blvd,Ft Lauderdale, FL Acrylic paintings on canvas, board

1987-90 Sharyn Scott Art Galleries, Boca Raton, FL Acrylic paintings on canvas, board

1988 Verhoff Art Gallery, Dupont Circle,Washington,DC
Solo Exhibition, "Pictures at an Exhibition".10 Acrylic paintings.

1990-94 Gingerbread Square Gallery, Key West, FL and Chicago, IL Acrylic paintings, "woodskapes"

1991-92 Martin Fine Arts, ...