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		Arillyn Moran- Lawrence
	Philosophy: Design, composition and color are the major elements that dominate my art. Style: Contemporary Realistic... in mixed media, watercolor and oils. Background: Born in Northern California and raised in Southern California, in Pasadena, La Jolla, and Long Beach. Bachelor of Science Degree, Art, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Teaching Credential, California State University at San Francisco, California Printmaking, Southern California Art Institute, Laguna Beach, California Graphic Design, University of California, Irvine After graduating from the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, I worked for NBC and ABC as a writer waiting for an opening in their art department.  I decided to broaden my knowledge of the world and its people working for Pan American Airlines in the Caribbean, South America, South Pacific, Orient, Southeast Asia and Europe, studying art and painting during this time. I began showing my work in the Sausalito Festival of Art, in Marin County, California.  I also had several one-woman shows in restaurants along the colorful Sausalito waterfront.  It was while I had a show in one of the restaurants that Rock Hudson attempted to buy one of my pieces.  However, finding that it had been sold, he left, and I didn't find my way into a Hollywood star's collection. Exhibitions: Within the state of California, my art has been in the following: "Salute to the Arts", Newport Beach, California Newport Beach City Hall Gallery, Newport Beach, California Southern California Exposition, Del Mar, California Brea Cultural Center, Brea, California Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, California Lancaster Museum, Lancaster, California Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, California Lee Youngman Galleries, Women Artists of the West Invitational My art has been in the following juried shows: 1990 Art for the Parks "Top 100", United States Park System, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and 5 city national tour 1993 Art for the Parks "Second 100", United States Park System, Jackson Hole, Wyoming 1993 & 1994 Peabody & Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts 1994 & 1996 Audobon Artists Annual Expositions, New York 1994-1997 Women Artists of the West Membership Show, Taos, NM 1995 Taos Art Association Shows, Taos, NM 1995-1998 National Association of Women Artists, Membership Show, NYC, NY 1995 Women's World Online; 4th U.N. Conference on Women, Beijing, China 1996 Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, 100th Exhibition, NYC, NY & American Artists Professional League Award 1997 Women Artists of the West, International Show, Biloxi, MS 1998 Bowers Museum/California Art Club Top 10 finalists, Honorable Mention, Santa Ana, California 2000 National Association of Women Artists, Membership Show, NYC, NY 2000 Audubon Artists, Annual Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, NYC,NY 2001 California Art Club/Hong Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2001 Jemison Carnegie Heritage Hall Museum, Talladega, AL 2002 National Association of Women Artists, Millenium Collection, United Nations Building, NYC, NY 2003 Sedona Art center, Sedona, AZ 2003 Canyonside gallery, Wickenburg, AZ 2003 National Association of Women Artists, Molly Canady Memorial Award, NYC, NY 2003 Ronald Reagan Library, Strathern Foundation, Simi Valley, CA 2000- 2005 Laguna Plein-Air Painters membership Show, Laguna Beach, CA 2005, 2004, 1996 Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Exhibition, NYC 2004 National Association of Women Artists, J. Wayne Stark Gallery, Texas A&M University, TX 2004 California Art Club Fine Artists Toast to the Culinary Arts, Pasadena, CA 2005-1995 National association of Women Artists, Membership Show, NYC 2005-2004 "Traveling the Carolinas" National Association of Women Artists, NC 2005 Southern California plein-Air Painters, Mission San Juan Capistrano, Juried Exhibition, CA 2006 Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, 110th Exhibition, Leila Gardin Sawyer Award, NYC 2007-2000 Laguna Plein Air Painter Assoc. Membership Shows, laguna Beach, CA 2007 Gearey Gallery, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, Darien, CT 2007-2004 Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club national Exhibitions, New York City, NY 2007 Longview Museum of Fine Art, NAWA Exhibition, Longview, TX 2010-2007 Broome Street Gallery, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, Members Show, NYC 2008 CLW Art Club Broome Street Gallery, 2nd Place Award, Graphics, NYC, NY 2008-2007 Los Angeles Arborretum, BOtanical Artist Guild of Southern California, CA 2008 New York Hall of Science, NAWA's Art Envisions Science Exhibition, NY 2009-2005 So. Cal. Plein Air Painters Assoc, San Juan Capistrano Mission Exhibition, SJC, CA 2009 So. Calif. Artists Assoc. Landscape Exhibition, Laguna Beach, CA 2008 Wildling, Museum, CA "Endangered Species: Flora and Fauna in Peril" and national Tour. 2009 Department of Interior Museum, Endangered Sprecies Exhibition, Washington, DC 2009 Salmagundi Club, National Assoc. of Women Artists, Members Exhibition, NYC, NY 2010 So Cal Plein Air Painters, The Art Gallery, Newport Beach, CA Broome Street Gallery, NYC, CLWAC Exhibit, Award for "Endangered!" Gardenia brighamii Memberships: National Association of Women Artists, NYC, NY Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, NYC, NY Southern California Plein Air Paiinters , CA Southern California Artists Association, Laguna Beach, CA California Art Club, Artist Member, Pasadena, CA American Society of Botanical Artists and Botanical Artists Guild of Southern California
	Arillyn Moran-Lawrence 33181 Paseo Blanco San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675 Phone/Fax: 949.496.6070 E-Mail: arillyn@mrtoads.com