I was raised in Delaware and spent 30 years in South Florida before moving to Mooresville, NC in 2006.  I classify myself as a self-taught artist, but during my middle school years, I earned a scholarship to attend the Delaware Art Museum for drawing.  This provided a foundation for my future exploration and appreciation for art. 

During my professional career, I called upon my drawing abilities to help illustrate my ideas to the Marketing/Advertising Departments.  It wasn’t until I suffer an injury in the mid 70’s, that kept me off  my feet for several week that I ventured into painting.  It  was during this period I found myself watching "Bill Alexander" paint his happy little mountains on Public Television using his "wet on wet" technique.   I purchased his kit and canvases and started painting.  My initial attempts were fairly good and encouraged when friends and family started asking for my paintings. However, due to demands of my career as a corporate executive and family, painting was put aside until I retired in 2006.  At that time I turned to Darrell Crow, a master in the wet on wet painting method, for a refresher and advanced techniques.

Today, I utilize several mediums such as acrylic, watercolor, oil and pen/ink.  Although I enjoy painting animals and landscapes, I find I enjoy painting colorful abstracts.  There are no boundaries and it is interesting to see the reaction of people looking at a piece.  Everyone sees something different and they make great conversational pieces. 

Thank you for visiting my site.  If you are interested in any of my pieces, you can contact me by email at  lgordon@windstream.net  or  through the Mooresville Artist Guild and Fine Arts America