T. Allen Lawson

With an eye for subtle beauty and a dedication to continual study, T.

Allen Lawson works and paints in the tradition of earlier representational artists. His paintings, drawings and etchings are consistently evolving expressions of the artist and his surroundings.

Tim formally studied portraiture and figure drawing at the American Academy of Art in Chicago and at the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts in Old Lyme, Connecticut. He has painted and studied throughout the United States and on three continents. His work has been featured in one-man shows in Washington D.C., New York, Wyoming, California, Connecticut, Maine and Massachusetts.

His work is part of the permanent collections of the Farnsworth Art Museum, the Portland Museum of Art, the Denver Art Museum, the Whitney Gallery of the Buffalo Bill Historical Center and the Florence Griswold Museum. In 2008, T. Allen Lawson was chosen to create the White House Christmas card. The painting is now a part of the White House permanent art collection.

T. Allen Lawson received the Golden Thunderbird Award - Best of Show at the Maynard Dixon Country 2006. He has also received the Red Smith Memorial Award at the National Museum of Wildlife Art; the John F. and Anna Lee Stacey Scholarship Grant; the Jurors' Choice Award from the Buffalo Bill Historical Center; and in 2000 he was the winner of both the Artists' Choice Award and the William E. Weiss Purchase Award at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center.

T. Allen Lawson's work has been featured in: Leisure Painter (U.K., July 2008); Western Art Collector (September 2008); Western Art & Architecture (Summer/Fall 2008); American Artist's Workshop Magazine (Summer 2008); San Joaquin Magazine (Nov/Dec 2007), "Ten Great Dates: Your Guide to the San Joaquin Social Scene" by Jamie Menaker; American Art Collector (August 2007) "T. Allen Lawson - Maine Season by Season" by Joshua Rose; 2004 Sourcebook - Western Design Conference (Annual Publication) 2004, "Then and Now - Capturing the Missouri: Lewis & Clark Revisited" by Ian Cleary; PleinAir Magazine (Nov 2005); Southwest Art (Dec 1988, Dec 1995, and Oct 2004); The Santa Clara Valley of Ventura County (2002); The Gardens of Santa Barbara (2000); U.S. Art (Mar 1990); Empire Magazine - The Denver Post (Aug 1997); and American Artist (Jan 1997, Apr 1998, and Dec 2001). In 2001 a major retrospective catalog of his work was released.

Allen Lawson works and paints in the tradition of earlier representational artists. His paintings, drawings and etchings are consistently evolving expressions of the artist and his surroundings.

Tim formally studied portraiture and figure drawing at the American Academy of Art in Chicago and at the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts in Old Lyme, Connecticut. He has painted and studied throughout the United States and on three continents. His work has been featured in one-man shows in Washington D.C., New York, Wyoming, California, Connecticut, Maine and Massachusetts.

His work is part of the permanent collections of the Farnsworth Art Museum, the Portland Museum of Art, the Denver Art Museum, the Whitney Gallery of the Buffalo Bill Historical Center and the Florence Griswold Museum. In 2008, T. Allen Lawson was chosen to create the White House Christmas card. The painting is now a part of the White House permanent art collection.

T. Allen Lawson received the Golden Thunderbird Award - Best of Show at the Maynard Dixon Country 2006. He has also received the Red Smith Memorial Award at the National Museum of Wildlife Art; the John F. and Anna Lee Stacey Scholarship Grant; the Jurors' Choice Award from the Buffalo Bill Historical Center; and in 2000 he was the winner of both the Artists' Choice Award and the William E. Weiss Purchase Award at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center.

T. Allen Lawson's work has been featured in: Leisure Painter (U.K., July 2008); Western Art Collector (September 2008); Western Art & Architecture (Summer/Fall 2008); American Artist's Workshop Magazine (Summer 2008); San Joaquin Magazine (Nov/Dec 2007), "Ten Great Dates: Your Guide to the San Joaquin Social Scene" by Jamie Menaker; American Art Collector (August 2007) "T. Allen Lawson - Maine Season by Season" by Joshua Rose; 2004 Sourcebook - Western Design Conference (Annual Publication) 2004, "Then and Now - Capturing the Missouri: Lewis & Clark Revisited" by Ian Cleary; PleinAir Magazine (Nov 2005); Southwest Art (Dec 1988, Dec 1995, and Oct 2004); The Santa Clara Valley of Ventura County (2002); The Gardens of Santa Barbara (2000); U.S. Art (Mar 1990); Empire Magazine - The Denver Post (Aug 1997); and American Artist (Jan 1997, Apr 1998, and Dec 2001). In 2001 a major retrospective catalog of his work was released.

Biography reference Askart.com, "T Allen Lawson"
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