Lawrence Fawcett

My first introduction to Art was at the age of 3 painting our metal fence and at four gouache painting in the basement.At eight the coolest room in our home 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 and spent summer of 1977 studying Graphics at Parsons in N.Y.
My practice of Art is a way of processing my experiences with complete freedom, having uninhibited fun, and grounding myself with complete detachment from any must outcome. Experimentation and Childlike detachment. No pre judgement. After the photo is taken it is time to let go and feel the image and remember the place in its time. I feel my work may be different and often not the most beautiful in the sense of pleasing and safe.But truthfully each piece I make is really an experiment in time and place. I am more interested in "interesting" and "different" and original and me and mine than I am in making something familiar or purely ...

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. My father worked with the U.S. State Dept and for U.S.I.A.
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, before moving to Taos N.M. where I currently reside along with residing in Tucson Arizona.

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