THE ARTIST
Sheila Lynn Lawton
4672 Kansas St. #3
San Diego, CA 92116
(619) 787-1611
EDUCATION
University of San Diego School of Law, San Diego, CA
Diploma in Tax Law 1985
Juris Doctor 1984
Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice with honors 1980
ART EXHIBITS
• PRADO ART AND FRAME, 24TH St., San Francisco, CA
• SOUTH BEACH BILLIARDS, San Francisco, CA
• PLANTERS NURSERY, 24TH St., San Francisco, CA
• DOUBLE RAINBOW, 24TH St. San Francisco, CA
• SWAN GALLERY, La Jolla, CA
• CONNOISSEUR GALLERY, Prospect St., La Jolla, CA
• BERNARDO WINERY, Rancho Bernardo, CA
• PARK BOULEVARD GALLERY, San Diego, CA
• QUINN-POLLAK GALLERY, Seaport Village, CA (Show was shared with internationally
renowned artists including Erte, Leroy Neiman, and Jiang)
• BRING ON THE NIGHT, ART AUCTION, Sea World,
• AIDES BENEFIT, San Diego, CA
• 24TH ART-A-FAIR FESTIVAL, Laguna, CA (150 Winners of national juried art competition)
• QUEL FROMAGE, Hillcrest, CA
• 41ST WESTWOOD VILLAGE FINE ART EXHIBITION, Los Angeles, CA (110 applicants
chosen from over 400 artists from around the western states. Jurists included: Hilary
Gibson from the Hammer Museum)
• 4TH ANNUAL JUDAIC ART SHOW, Jewish Community
Center, Denver, CO
• GELATTO VERO, Mission Hills, CA
• GALLERIA 56, La Jolla, CA (Show was shared with internationally renowned artists
including Miro, Matisse, Chagall, Tobiasse, Jiang, Klee and Zunaga)
• PANNIKIN, La Jolla, CA
• POINT LOMA FRAMEMAKERS AND GALLERY, Point Loma, CA
• SAN DIEGO ART INSTITUTE, MIDWINTER AWARD SHOW, San Diego, CA (58 entries
were chosen of 458 judged by Thomas Tibbs – Former director of La Jolla Museum of
Contemporary Art)
• CAFÉ SPARK, The Flame, San Diego, CA
PUBLISHED ART/CLIENTS
PRADO ART AND FRAME, 24th St. San Francisco, CA
HEADLINES retail stores, Castro St., San Francisco, CA
VICKIS BOUTIQUE, Haight St., San Francisco, CA
A DIFFERENT LIGHT BOOKSTORE, Castro St., San Francisco, CA
WOMEN'S CRAFTS WEST, Valencia St., San Francisco, CA
SWAN GALLERY, La Jolla, CA
OCEAN COMPUTER SERVICES, Lake Dr., Escondido, CA
IMPRESSIONS THE SHIRT GALLERY, a National Gralla Publication for Imprinted
Sportswear and Textile Screen
SAN FRANCISCO GUITARIST SOCIETY Newsletter
REEF BRAZIL Inc, National City, CA
SAN CLEMENTE FASHIONS, San Clemente, CA
La Te Da FASHIONS, San Diego, CA
GRAPHIC STRUCTURES, Vista, CA
STAMP CRAZY, San Diego, CA
SOUTHERN DELAWARE PHYSICAL THERAPY AND SPORTS INSTITUTE, Dover, DE
PICADILLY SKI CLUB, Chicago, IL
CONTRACTS INCLUDE: Commissioned Paintings, Greeting Cards, Cake Designs, Rubber
Stamps, Fashion Designs, Illustrated Books
Sheila L. Lawton's work has been described as a
"steady recklessness which somehow creates a
striking sense of balance". The artist characterizes
her creativity as "a highly intuitive and spiritual
process" as she literally sits down with a
rapidograph technical india ink pen or paintbrush
and a paper or canvas and begins a line which
goes and goes until the full picture appears. She
has no idea what it will be until she lifts the pen,
sometimes only once or twice.
Sheila is the 5th child of 7 whose parents were
born in Vienna, Austria (father) and Antwerp,
Belgium (mother). She learned early the value of a
simple life and believes in the idea of living simply
so that others may simply live.
Born July 7, 1957
Buffalo, New York
