Margarette Lawson

Indian Lands Lost

Original size 48″X28″

The artist visited the Southwest often and imagined what it must have been like for the indigenous people who lost their ancient lands and ways of life.

The Rain God’s Gift

original size 24″X30″

Living in Southern California, the artist was very aware of the land’s need for the gift of rain. This painting reflects her awareness of the gift of rain to the land and its people.

“Once I knew I didn’t want to add or take anything away, I knew I was done with it.” -Margarette

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Tranquility

original size 39″X39″

The artist loved all animals. She particularly loved wild animals and often chose them as subjects. She said that giraffes appeared peaceful to her, and thus expressed those thoughts in this painting completed in 1989.

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Castle Rock

The artist was enchanted by the Oregon coast. She and her husband traveled in the region of Castle Rock. She sketched and photographed. Later in her studio she painted her vision of this beautiful rock rising from the sea.

Original size 42.5 X 34

Dancing Apples

20.5″ X 21″ oil on canvas

The artist loved to imagine material objects behaving in unusual ways. If asked about this, she would say, “Being playful with art is fuel for the artist’s imagination.”

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The Lemon

original size 21″X25″

In her home in Southern California, the artist’s husband planted a lemon tree for her because she loved to make fresh lemonade. Lemons were important to her, so she honored them with this painting.

original size 36 X 30.3

The Sea Moves

the artist loved the sea. she made many visits to the california coast, sketching and photographing. this painting includes a three dimensional rendering of waves crashing in a pool on the rocky coast which she captured in one of her photographs.

Sanctuary

Oil on canvas 25.5″ X 21.3″

While living in northern california, the artist loved to travel to napa valley sketching. One of her favorite places to sketch was the Christian Brothers Winery. after sketching, she returned to her studio and painted this image seeking to capture the light and feeling of being there.

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Eye on the Mother Lode

original size 25″ X 38″

This is a very complex work of art. It features handmade three-dimensional fiberglass sculptures that protrude. Traveling along California highway forty-nine in the gold country and reading the history of the gold rush Inspired Margarette to create this strikingly abstract “eye-popping” painting.

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Yucca in Bloom

Original size 40.5′ X 28.5″

The artist could see yuccas in bloom from the deck outside her studio. It pleased her to sit and sketch them in all seasons. She loved seeing the landscape as geometric forms juxtaposed against one another. She called that using her imagination to “break free of reality.”

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Cloudburst Over the Desert

Original 25″ X 42″

This very complex work of mixed media art features handmade papers and fiberglass sculptures that created dramatic layers of textures in the painting. The artist thought of this painting as her way of depicting the power of cloudbursts in the desert.

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original size 40″ X 30″

montaña

Margarette was inspired by her travels throughout California by the mountains and hills. This multi-media, heavily textured work of art was her way of honoring the topography of California.