LARRY BUTTERWORTH

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, University of Kansas, Lawrence Kansas 1976
Certificate for Commercial Offset Printing/Platemaking/Prepress, San Diego County Regional Occupational Program 1993.
Certificate for Television/Video Production/Studio, San Diego County Regional Occupational Program 1996.
Certificate for Graphic Design/Web Design/Computer Graphics and Animation, California Center for Adult Education, 2005.

ARTIST STATEMENT

Mentally I chase after images with a butterfly net, always careful to preserve what I've captured - not wanting to pin it down - I never commit to anything right away. I store it in a jar and wait till the time is just right, then I free it, usually with another image that was imprisoned also. Once these liberated images come together, they have a will of their own. Then another free flight and they begin to tell their own story. My work has always felt like visual story telling, stories I can't tell verbally, narratives that speak to each person in a different way. Humor, satire, whimsy foreboding, social comment and spirituality are all themes that come into play.
My work has been exhibited in California and other parts of the country. I listed some selected group exhibitions and solo shows below that I have shown in.