Brought Into Focus 55operation, he injects himself into the
scenes as often as he can. “My biggest
job right now is to stack hay on the feed
truck. It’s just such a magical place. Not a
day goes by since we’ve been here that
I don’t count my lucky blessings,” Lawson
says. “I’m so excited I get to paint it.
ere are so many pictorial possibilities,
and I do see it as my Kuerners or even
my Olson House, where Andrew Wyeth
painted for so many years. I will never
run out of material, nor will I ever repeat
myself. It’s about as perfect a place as an
artist could ask for.”
Born and raised in Sheridan, Wyoming, the American West is
an integral part of T. Allen Lawson. He studied drawing and
portraiture at the American Academy of Art in Chicago, and
furthered his formal studies by attending the Lyme Academy
College of Fine Arts in Old Lyme, Connecticut. A lifelong student,
his dedication to and love of his profession is always evolving as
his interests and infl uences continue to challenge him.
Lawson has won numerous awards including the 2017 Prix
de West Purchase Award, and the Robert Lougheed Memorial
Artists’ Choice Award; the 2016 Directors’ Choice for Outstanding Landscape and the Robert
Lougheed Memorial Artists’ Choice Award, both at the Prix de West; and the 2010 Founder’s
Prize at the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts. In 2008, he was chosen by the president and
fi rst lady to create the painting for the offi cial White House Christmas card.
Contact at http://www.tallenlawson.comJanuary’s Deposit, 2017, oil on linen mounted on panel, 9 x 10" (23 x 25 cm)