NEWS & EVENTS

"DAVIS ISLAND YACHT CLUB ~

AFTERNOON RENDEZVOUS"

20" x 36"

Palm Avenue Fine Art Gallery, 10 South Palm Avenue, Sarasota, Florida 34236 will be including these two James Lawless oils in an ASMA juried "for sale" exhibit of 41 marine artists titled

 "MODERN MARINE MASTERS"

 Friday March 7 through 21, 2025. 

Lawless attended a public opening reception March 7, from 5-9 PM . 

"This park bench has become my wife's and my favorite place to enjoy 3:00 afternoon coffee when visiting our daughter in Tampa, FL. The park sits along a bike path that curves around a small harbor ending at this very active and passionate sailing yacht club. Besides sailors, this special place welcomes seabirds and water life of all kinds. It is not unusual to sit here and watch a dolphin or two swim by as pelicans dive for fish between the vast array of sailboats both large and small. As if that weren't enough, small aircraft slide in and out of the Peter O. Knight Airport whose runway ends a couple hundred yards behind  your back."

"DECATUR" 

12" x 19"

"My latest oil is of the Island Packet 27, “Decatur”, sailing north on an afternoon breeze after passing under the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. This oil was commissioned by a retired Navy submarine sailor who grew up in these waters and told me he didn’t know if he had passed more times under this bridge or over it!. He sailed Decatur, an Island Packet 27, for decades up and down the east coast and through the islands. Now, at nearly 80, this gentleman and patriot has a painting to remind him of his amazing life!"  - Jim Lawless

"LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT"

The Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (J.A.V.M.A.) has chosen one of Lawless's paintings for the cover of their June 15, 2019 edition. This 16 x 20 oil of his daughter's 8 week Golden Retriever captures the puppy 's encounter with his first tennis ball. This was a dual professional milestone for Lawless having been a member of the AVMA for over 40 years. The journal has a circulation that reaches more than 91,000 veterinarians world wide.

https://avmajournals.avma.org/action/showCoverGallery?coverPage=3&journalCode=javma