Artist, Peter Lawson will be showing his
tribute to the 150th celebrations with an exhibition titled, A
TOAST TO THE TOWERS at The World Theatre from 24 June-14 August 2022.
Lawson will be representing Charters Towers with a three-tier program of paintings.
1) Past golden days,
2) Recent images of the city the way it appears today
3)
Nature of the country around the region.
Peter will also be painting 'plein air' on Sat 16 July from 9am to 11am at Towers Players Playhouse, Mosman St, and invites people to stop by for a chat to see his talent with painting technique in action.
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BIOGRAPHY
Born
in Townsville, Queensland in 1946, Peter Lawson studied art by correspondence
from 1960-62 and worked as a commercial artist from 1962 to 1970, after which
he became a full-time artist. He is principally a painter of Australian outback
scenes and historical subjects in oil and watercolour. He has exhibited in
Townsville, Brisbane and Sydney and his work was included in the Australian Art
Expo in the USA in 1985. He has illustrated several books, including a book of
poems by his great uncle, Henry Lawson. He lives and paints on Magnetic Island,
off Townsville, Queensland.
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