Lawrence Córdova

A native of Santa Fe, New Mexico, Lawrence grew up in Santa Fe and was influenced artistically at an early age by his father Andy Córdova. Lawrence watched his father finish charcoal drawings and oil paintings as a hobby in the basement of their family home. Lawrence began drawing pictures with pencil, charcoal, & pastels and later ventured into other types of Art and when he was eleven years old, took woodcarving lessons from the well-known sculptor, Ruben Montoya. This early exposure and influence to Art gave Lawrence the desire to continue to expand upon his artistic capabilities and experiment with other art forms throughout his life.
In 1992 Lawrence was introduced to Spanish Colonial Art by his brother James Córdova and later juried into the annual Traditional Spanish Market in 1995 for Retablos and a year later juried into the Painted Bultos category. Throughout the years, in addition to participating in Traditional Spanish Market, he has displayed and sold his art in several galleries and has pieces in the permanent collections at the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe, The Denver Art Museum, and Regis University collection in Colorado Springs, as well as numerous private collections.