Lawrence Lee

After a highly successful 30-year career as a professional painter and sculptor, I am now only able to do digital art, which I here present for your enjoyment.

PERSONAL:
Born in Ft. Smith, Arkansas, 1947
Resident of Tucson, AZ 1957-1991
Resident of Patagonia, AZ 1991-1999
Resident of Belize/Tucson 1999-2003
Resident of Belize 2003-2004
Resident of Tucson 2004-2006
Resident of Sahuarita, AZ 2007
Resident of Paris, TN 2008-Present
Married Mary E. Wyant 1985
2 Stepdaughters
3 Grandchildren
Brother, Robert L. Lee (actor and former drama instructor)

MEMBERSHIPS:
Chairman, Congressional Fine Arts Competition Committee, 1986-89
Friends of Western Art
Society of Southwestern Authors

OWNER:
Cirrus Arts Corporation: 1979-present

WORK EXPERIENCE:
Teacher, TUSD (Santa Rita High School, Project M.O.R.E., University High School) 1972-1979
Self-employed artist 1972-present
Director: Gallery 299, Tucson 2001-2003

PERFORMANCES:
Played the part of Henry in the Tucson Music Theater production of “The Fantasticks” (March 2002)

EDUCATION:
BFA, Northern Arizona University 1969
MA in Art Education, Northern Arizona University 1970

HONORS:
CONTEMPORARY WESTERN ARTISTS:1982-85
AMERICAN ARTISTS OF RENOWN: 1981-82
WHO’S WHO IN THE WEST (23rd Edition): 1992
Mountain Oyster Club: ARTIST MEMBER

PUBLICATIONS:
“The Mirror”, published by Harbinger House (1989)— Author and Illustrator
“Living With an Impostor”:http://xrl.in/3ekn (2007)— Author and designer

MEDIA:
Acrylic
Bronze
Giclée
Electronic/Digital

CURRENT GALLERIES:
Tucson: The Max Gallery and Stone Dragon Studio
Scottsdale: Joan Cawley Gallery

MAJOR EXHIBITIONS:
Minotaur Fine Arts, Ltd., Las Vegas
Walton-Gilbert Galleries, San Francisco
Joy Tash Gallery, Scottsdale
Sanders Gallery, Tucson
Via Gambaro Gallery, Washington, D. C.
Ratliff-Williams Gallery, Sedona
El Presidio Gallery, Tucson
Joan Cawley Gallery, Santa Fe/Scottsdale
Americana West Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Shadow Mountain Gallery, Jackson, Wyoming
Adagio Gallery, Palm Springs & Palm Desert
International Art Exposition, Gifu, Japan
Beth O’Donnell Gallery, Aspen
Gallery 13, New York
Paris, France

(Including over 20 one-person shows at these and other galleries.)

INSTITUTIONAL AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:

IBM Corporate Collection
Greyhound Corporation
E.F. Hutton Corporate Collection
Ruhr-West Museum
Bank One Walter Bimson Collection
Atlas Steel Corporate Collection
Indianapolis Museum of Art
The Arizona Bank
The Eiteljorg Collection, Indianapolis
Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale
Dell Webb Corporate Collection, Phoenix
Northern Arizona University Library
M.D. Buyline Corporate Collection, Dallas
Scottsdale Center for the Arts Permanent Collection