John Lawson - Painter

As a painter, I am primarily concerned with the actual process of painting. Surface texture is my principal interest. Additionally, line, shape, colour and tone tend to be dealt with in an experimental way to create the desired effect. Hence the work tends to be organic in its development whether or not it is figurative or abstract. In fact, in the planning stage, composition is often the only consideration; the subject matter, even in representational work, merely serves as a starting point for the subsequent development of the piece as a ‘painting’. However, there is always an emotive element that also determines the direction of the work in question.

Although most of my work tends to be in oils, I often use different materials in unorthodox combinations to create different and unusual surface effects. For example, using a water-based medium with oils, using mixed-media devices such as collage or using unconventional means of applying paint such as ink-rollers or scrapers.

Each painting is a journey with an unknown destination.

Joint Exhibitions
1979 Keswick Hall College Alumni Retrospective – Keswick Hall, Norwich
1985 East Anglian Artists Open Exhibition – Fermoy Gallery, King’s Lynn
c.1980s West Norfolk Art Teachers Association Exhibitions – Fermoy Gallery, King’s Lynn
2002 New York Painters – Red Barn, King’s Lynn Arts Centre, King’s Lynn
2003 ‘An Exchange of View’ – Red Barn, King’s Lynn Arts Centre, King’s Lynn
2004 ‘Expressions of Experience’ – Red Barn, King’s Lynn Arts Centre, King’s Lynn
2005 ‘Exposed’ – Playhouse Theatre, Norwich
2005 ‘Edge of Light’ WNAA Summer Exhibition – Doric Arts, King’s Lynn – St. Nicholas Chapel, King’s Lynn
2006 WNAA 5th Annual Summer Exhibition – St. Nicholas Chapel, King’s Lynn
2007 ‘Exploration’ WNAA Summer Exhibition – St. Nicholas Chapel, King’s Lynn
2007 ‘Narratives’ – Shakespeare Barn, King’s Lynn Arts Centre, King’s Lynn
2008 Eastern Open ’08 Greyfriars Art Space, King’s Lynn
2008 WNAA 7th Annual Summer Exhibition – St. Nicholas Chapel, King’s Lynn
2008 ‘Pleasurance’ – The Art Factory, Norwich

Contact this WNAA member

Email: john-newcottage@fsmail.net