Usually in pen and ink, I draw local people ,and scenes from architecture , and nature . I enjoy keeping a sketchbook , creating rough layouts, and then developinga detailed work back in my studio . my pen and ink painting are  relatively small , enabling me to take much of my visual vocabulary from obseration , wheather it is from spending time at a local coffee shop , bookstore ,restaurant , in  parks  and other nature settings, or behine the lens of my digital SLR

Bio . 

 Richard Lawrence was born in Lancaster , Pennsylvania and graduated from J.P.McCaskey High in 1967 He is a United States Marine Corps combat veteran of the Vietnam War .1967-1970 . While suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in the 1980-1990 , he began drawing and painting expressive observations of the war. His story has been freatured in the local print and news media ,and highlighted in the newsletters and book publications about  veterans stories . His work is part of the permanent collection of the Vietnam Veterans's Art Museum in Chicago, Illinois .

Richard draws from observation , maintains a prolific sketchbook ,travels to local sites ,and participates in local art organizations and art fairs . When he is not drawing and painting on site,he works in his home studio in Lancaster, He frequently shows at the Lancaster County Art Association , Mulberry Art Studios , numerous loca non-profit institutions , and art fairs in Lancaster County regions , He lives with his fiance  in Lancaster , Pennsylvania