Rural atist Florian K. Lawton shares the beauty he finds in the unembellished simplicity of nature and farm life through his accomplished watercolor paintings. Lawton, who has long received wide acclaim for his artwork, is particularly well known for his country landscapes and urban cityscapes of his native northeastern Ohio. Educated at the Cleveland State Institute of Art, John Huntington Polytechnical Institute and Cleveland College, Lawton, as in all of his endeavors, distinguished himself academically. He has taught watercolor painting at the Cleveland Institute of Art and still teaches to watercolor students of all ages.
Lawton is perhaps best known for his paintings of rural Amish scenes. He has been painting documentaries of the Amish way of life for more than 30 years. Lawton says, "I am a great admirer of the Amish way of life. As long as I have been going to Amish country, I still see more things I want to paint." Lawton has a particular fondness for winter scenes: "Winter is a very meditative time of year. I like to paint it because I can see the structures of the trees instead of masses of green. Summer can be lush, and I do that, too, but the painting is quite different."
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