painter, designer, illustrator
Gallery Representation by:
Gray Sky Gallery - Seattle, WA
— BethAnn Lawson is a painter, graphic designer and illustrator living in Seattle, Washington.
MY WORK
Influenced by a life-long career as a graphic designer and illustrator and by my own surrealist painter-father, my modern-impressionist style can look nearly abstract when viewed up close and almost photo-realistic from a distance.
Fascinated by people and design, I capture “unsuspecting” pedestrians and cityscapes in my paintings, incorporating familiar and comfortable shapes, while emphasizing shadows and great color. I hope to show the viewer the whimsy in everyday life among the buried secrets of strangers, surrounded by the architecture of both nature and man.
ACRYLIC PAINTINGS
The latest collection... Click on photos to see full paintings.
Sold paintings can also be found in "ARCHIVES"
To see the paintings staged, please see "ON THE WALLS"
Ms. Thing in Navy
40" x 30"acrylic on canvas
Winterhood 2020
24" x 24"acrylic on canvas
Golden Gate Girls
40" x 30"acrylic on canvas
Viaduct Ghost
36" x 36"acrylic on canvas
Alone Downtown
40" x 30acrylic on canvas
YOLO!
60" x 36"acrylic on canvas
Off the Deep End
36" x 36"acrylic on canvas
Shelf Isolation
48" x 36"acrylic on canvas
Kitchen BFF
36" x 36"acrylic on canvas
One Nightstand
30" x 24"acrylic on canvas
Covid, WA
40" x 30"acrylic on canvas
Missed Connection
30" x 24"acrylic on canvas
Table For None
24" x 24"acrylic on canvas
Oia Vista Prima
30" x 24"acrylic on canvas
Mykonos 2
30" x 24"acrylic on canvas
To The Cut
36" x 36"acrylic on canvas
Winner: City of Kent, Kent Creates Exhibiton: "On The Water"
A Volvo in Ballard
24" x 24"acrylic on canvas
Kings Landing 2020
36" x 48"acrylic on canvas
Taylor Made Me
36" x 60"acrylic on canvas
Sheepool
36" x 60"acrylic on canvas
Life Saver
24" x 36"acrylic on canvas
Winterhood
24" x 36"acrylic on canvas
Mykonos 3
30" x 24"acrylic on canvas
The March
40" x 30"acrylic on canvas
Mr. Right Series #3
40" x 30"acrylic on canvas
Mr Right Series #1
40" X 30"acrylic on canvas
Mr. Right Series #4
40" x 30"acrylic on canvas
Do Not Enter
36" x 36"acrylic on canvas
Them #3
36" x 36"acrylic on canvas
Late Night Queue
48" x 36"acrylic on canvas
I'll Walk From Here
36" x 48"acrylic on canvas
Freebie Side
24" x 24"acrylic on canvas
Daylife
24" x 24"acrylic on canvas
UnCola
24" x 24"acrylic on canvas
The Market
30" x 24"acrylic on canvas
SOLD - Ms. Thing in Spades
Sold to a private collectorSOLD - SoundHouse
Commission projectSOLD Surf's Up!
Sold to a private collectorSOLD - Boats
Sold to a private collectorSOLD - Self Reflection
Sold to a private collectorABOUT...
As a young girl, I often accompanied my father into "the city" from the East Bay, helping him lug his many gorgeous, oil painted canvases and heavy easels from the large trunk of his blue Maverick into the colorful atmosphere and characters of the Embarcadero Square. A founding member of the Street Artists Association in San Francisco, my father surrounded himself each and every Saturday with authentic working/starving artists and craftsmen. Those years of raw creativity and sacrifice for one's art left its indelible impression.
This collection truly allows me the freedom to express my true self. Thoughtful, large and bold, I can lose myself for hours inside of each one, as I take apart the images and carefully put them back together emphasizing colors, rhythms and patterns, bridging the gap between abstraction and realism.
30+ years as a graphic designer and illustrator certainly leaves it's impression on everything I create, but these works allow me to truly work outside that box.
My father has been gone since 2011, but the memory of his colorful life lifts me every day I get to hold that brush.
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BethAnn Lawson
Seattle, Washington