Lawrence Holzworth attended art college at Rochester Institute of Technology and Rhode Island School of Design. He came to New York in 1985 and stayed until 2022 while also travelling for extended periods in Asia. He has shown his work in various local venues including A Gathering of the Tribes, Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Educational Center, Theater for the New City, the New York Public Library, Henry Harvy Aftermath, Life Cafe, Bob, Jim Diaz Gallery, CB's Canteen, Max Fish, Pamela Stockwell Gallery and the Knitting Factory.
He works in the traditional mediums of drawing and painting. His influences are the French Surrealists, Salvatore Dali, M.C Escher, Zap Comics, traditional statuary, eastern philosophy, children's drawing, etc. The content of his work is topical and philosophical as in "Where do we come from ? What are we ? Where are we going ?" (Paul Gaugain)
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" Too creative " Mark Kostabi " Lazy painting " David Salle " But he gets away with it " Nicole Wittenberg
The Last of the Bohemians
A memoir of the artist's life in the lower east side of Manhattan in the 80s & 90s is available on goodreads.com
Self-portrait pencil 1977
Lawrence Holzworth is an abstract-figurative painter who portrays highly expressive heroic figures revealing deep spiritual insights one feels and knows but cannot see revealing the psychological dichotomy of uncommon experience. The perspectual depth of his sophisticated imagery uncovers the hidden meanings lurking beneath the observable world manifoldly evident to only the most persistent observationist. A prolific artist, his intellectual restlessness and enduring curiosity confronts complex and challenging relationships and ethical conundrums with a post modern twist and irreverent attitude. Chat GPT
e-mail : lawrenceholzworth@yahoo.com