In the Studio
The studio is a filter, a space in which experience is considered, and through a material process, transformed into art. I work in series, and each series is a response to a particular set of circumstances in my life and in the culture around me. I begin by collecting images; sometimes these are photographs I take, but more often they are already circulating in various print and digital media. Once a collection reaches a certain density I start to edit, crop, and combine. I decide on an appropriate scale, and then translate the imagery into paint on canvas, with all the attendant decisions about color and brushmark, representational style and painterly approach.
![](http://www.thomaslawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/InTheStudio_HeroImage-1.png)
1977
1979
![](http://www.thomaslawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/006-Tlawson_Lone-Piper1978-1020x1024.jpg)
![BABY PINK ON BLUE](http://www.thomaslawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/007-Tlawson_Baby-Pink-on-Blue1978.jpg)
![](http://www.thomaslawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/009-Tlawson_Gold-Dog-Black-Orange1978-1024x717.jpg)
1980
1982
![](http://www.thomaslawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/027-Tlawson_Shot-for-a-Bike1981.jpg)
![](http://www.thomaslawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/035-Tlawson_He-Shot-His-Best-Budy1982.jpg)
![](http://www.thomaslawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/028-Tlawson_Burn-Burn-Burn1982-1024x1018.jpg)
1983
1987
![](http://www.thomaslawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/052-Tlawson_Betrayal1983.jpg)
![](http://www.thomaslawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/061-Tlawson_Spirit-of-the-Museum-Study1985.jpg)
![](http://www.thomaslawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/063-Tlawson_Swimming-Pool-2_1985.jpg)
1987
1990
![INSTALLATION KUHLENSCHMIDT 2](http://www.thomaslawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/installation-kuhlenschmidt-08-1024x702.jpg)
![Arm Juggling Light](http://www.thomaslawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1990_Arm-Juggling-Light_HR.jpg)
![](http://www.thomaslawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/anthony-reynolds-install-1-1024x664.jpg)
1991
1993
![OUT OF THE DARK NIGHT](http://www.thomaslawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1992_Out-of-the-Dark-Night_HR.jpg)
![FIERY SKY](http://www.thomaslawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1992-Fiery-Sky_HR-1024x690.jpg)
![SUBURBAN DREAMS](http://www.thomaslawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1993_Suburban-Dreams-3_HR-1024x692.jpg)
1994
1998
![NIGHTMARE INN](http://www.thomaslawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1998_Nightmare-Inn_HR.jpg)
![VIENNESE PAINTING 7](http://www.thomaslawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1995_Viennese-Painting-7_HR.jpg)
![DEAD CALM](http://www.thomaslawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1998_Dead-Calm_HR.jpg)
1999
2006
![WEATHER SYSTEM](http://www.thomaslawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2001_Weather-System-1024x737.jpg)
![DOUBLE WORLD](http://www.thomaslawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2006_Double-World_HR.jpg)
![UNTITLED ORANGE-PINK-GREEN](http://www.thomaslawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2006_Untitled-Orange-Pink-Green_HR.jpg)
2006
2010
![TREE](http://www.thomaslawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2010_Tree_HR.jpg)
![HARLEQUIN](http://www.thomaslawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2010_Harlequin_HR.jpg)
![THE NEW WORLD TWINS](http://www.thomaslawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2008_The-New-World-Twins_HR.jpg)
2010
2015
![](http://www.thomaslawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2014_Dance-Theory-copy-min-1024x683.jpeg)
![](http://www.thomaslawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2013_WatchingBeing-Watched_HR-min.jpg)
![](http://www.thomaslawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2011_Confrontation-Double-Exposure_HR-min-791x1024.jpg)
2015
2016
![DISILLUSIONMENT](http://www.thomaslawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2015_Disillusionment-1024x807.jpg)
![DISLOCATION](http://www.thomaslawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2015_Dislocation-759x1024.jpg)
![DISORDER](http://www.thomaslawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2015_Disorder-1024x799.jpg)
2017
2020
![HEAD IN HANDS](http://www.thomaslawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2019_Head-in-Hands.jpg)
![WHITE ON WHITE](http://www.thomaslawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2018_White-on-White.-png.jpg)
![STORMY WEATHER](http://www.thomaslawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2019_Stormy-Weather.jpg)