Lawrence Abrahamsen has developed an original, intimate and personal style of expression through bold colors,fluid texture and divine symbolism. His experimentation with color commingles symbolically with the understanding of three intertwined universal modes of nature: Passion,Goodness and Regeneration. According to Mr. Abrahamsen, "Our world is full of layers and veils offering a never ending experience of revealing and concealing experiences. Gravity and liquids are my brushes allowing nature to play a part in these creations. If a work is too planned it feels contrived.and if too spontaneous it loses the form necessary to unlock the viewers'ability to enter the realm of their imagination."
Mr. Abrahamsen has attended Yale University and The Art Institute of Chicago. He has exhibited extensively throughout United Statesand Canada along with other countries as Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, UK and Syria. His paintings are held in several prestigious public and corporate collections such as City Hall in SanFrancisco,DuPont,The Marathon Group, Sony World Bank and others.
Stanton Allaben was born in Connecticut, went to college at the University of New Hampshire, and lived in Vermont for 20 years before moving to South Carolina. He states, ‘I am an artist who discovered his calling to art at a late age’. Artistic talent runs in Allaben family. His mother was an artist and he is distantly related to George Catlin, the famous American Indian artist.
Allaben educated himself in the field of art by reading countless art books and magazines. The impressionists have always been his inspiration although he did not restrict his interest to only one style of painting.
Allaben’s style is a combination of impressionism and realism with an emphasis on showing bold and numerous brush strokes.Stanton has exhibited in various prestigious organizations including Biennial in Florence, Italy. He is a member of the Art League of Hilton Head, and the Society of Bluffton Artists.
