About Podi Lawrence
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Education
1987 - 1988
Buckinghamshire Education Board - teaching cert
1972 - 1974
Royal College of Art - outreach
1953 - 1955
Harrow School of Art
Awards
2015
ARTIST OF THE YEAR (SAA) 2015
2013
ARTIST OF THE YEAR 2013
Exhibited in the Mall Galleries London.
It an honour, exciting and fascinating to see all the other winners.
Thank you Artist and Illustrators Magazine.
2007
Nominated ARTIST OF THE YEAR
2007
Honourable Mention
1996
Honourable Mention
1994
Artist in Residence
6 months spent following the company through rehearsals and performances in London.
1994
SALON DE PARIS
1993
Artist in Residence
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Event: WHAT DO I THINK YOU ARE?
Dates: 31 Aug 2024 - 8 Sep 2024
Live paintings sessions with 16 sitters. Each taking approximately 45 minutes. The objective: to produce individual oil paintings which represent character as well as shape and skin colours of each person.
The results were on display on the FRINGE at 79a Fortuneswell, Portland.
Event: DORSET ART WEEKS : OPEN STUDIOS
Dates: 14 May 2022 - 29 May 2022
An annual event held at the end of May by ARTWEY and DORSET VISUAL ARTS . Open Studios all over Dorset. 2022 I will be sharing my studio space with another local artist Antje Rook. Brochure out very soon.
Event: OPEN for ART
Dates: 20 May 2019 - 4 Jun 2019
Artists from Weymouth and Portland and surrounding areas will be opening their studios or joining in group shows (such as at the Heights Hotel).
Event: Untitled
Dates: 30 Oct 2016 - 5 Feb 2017
Podi will be displaying her series of “sites of interest” on Portland and other paintings.
The Private View will be on Sunday 6th November 2-5pm.
Event: SPIRIT OF PORTLAND
Dates: 29 Jul 2016 - 7 Aug 2016
A celebration of all that is Portland. A very special place with a long history. Lots going on during this week long festival. Full list to come shortly.
Podi will be joined by 4 other artists exhibiting and painting in and around the Heights Hotel at the Top of Portland. Come and watch or even join in.
Event: DORSET ART WEEKS : OPEN STUDIOS
Dates: 28 Jun 2016 - 14 May 2021
OPEN STUDIOS throughout Dorset. With over 300 artists displaying their work this is possibly the largest Studio opening in the country. Send for a brochure: podi.law@gmail.com
You are invited to visit me in my garden where I shall be showing some of my latest work and demonstrating techniques.
Open 12 - 5.30pm (sats till 6.30)
28, 29 and 30 May :
4 and 5 June :
11 and 12 June :
or at other times by arrangement.
Please call 07557798558
Event: Dorset Visual Arts
Dates: 11 May 2016 - 16 Jun 2015
A group show of artists from all over Dorset. I shall be displaying two of the illustrations produced as part of the Mural commission by the Heights Hotel, Portland.
Opening hours to come shortly.
Event: DORSET VISUAL ARTS at The Allsop Gallery, Bridport
Dates: 23 Apr 2016 - 16 Jun 2016
A group Show of work undertaken by members of the Dorset Visual Arts group. I shall be showing the initial scaled painting and photographic details of the progress of the Mural commissioned by the Heights Hotel, Portland.
Biography
You can commission this artist - Consultation is free.
"Interpreting life in paint is my lifelong passion. Seeking to find the passages that give an emotional response. Each individual painting whether a portrait or landscape dictates to me what the final media will be. Sometimes just a single colour is sufficient. I always limit the palette I use but it's not always to the same colours. The difficulty is making that decision.
Podi has taught painting to adults since 1990 having received a certificate in Adult Education in 1988.
Join Podi in Kalymnos, Greece in 2024 either in June or September. Small groups up to 12 as Podi likes to mentor each artist individually and a week in a different environment never fails to inspire. Full Details on her website.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
First in “Water scene, Boats an Seascapes” Artist of the Year 2015: SAA
Finalist in the 2013 Artist of the Year (Artists & Illustrators Magazine) with Palms and Shadows (Shadows #10).
1st International Contemporary Art Exh , Museum of Modern Art, Panama.
1st International Exh 2006 Rochester Art Club - New York,
Society of Canadian Artists - Hon. Mention
City Hall, Kitchener, Canada : solo
Arts & Letters Club-Toronto, Canada : solo (2)
Portrait Society of Canada (elected member)
Ontario Society of Artists, Canada:
United Society of Artists, Westminster Gallery, London
Society of Women Artists, Westminster Gallery, London
Luxters Gallery, Buckinghamshire UK : solo exhibition of work for the English National Ballet during Residency.
Contemporary Portrait Society - Hon Mention
Discerning Eye Exh , London : selected by Prince Charles
Salon de Paris (4 years) Bronze Medal 1994
Artists and Illustrators Magazine UK - illustration with Staedtler Pen.
English National Ballet, Coppelia : UK, illustrations for Programme
Contemporary Dance Studio, Canada : Illustrations for Programme & Advertising
Corporate designs for brochures or advertising.
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Kings College Hospital, London
English National Ballet, London
The Wycombe Swan Theatre, High Wycombe.
Wycombe Museum - Swan Theatre Opening, UK
Contemporary Dance Company, Canada
K-W Symphony Orchestra, Canada
UpTown Waterloo Jazz Festival, Canada
Perimeter Institute, Canada
Waterloo University,Canada.
