Mehl Lawson
Artist
1942
BP: California
LKL: Bonita, CA
Congratulations to Mehl Lawson, the first artist inducted into both the CAA (Cowboy Artist of America - 1982) and in September 2007 the TCAA (Traditional Cowboy Arts Association). From a studio in Bonita, CA Mehl Lawson has created western sculpture that in 1982 earned him membership into the Cowboy Artists of America, five years after he completed his first sculpture. In 1998, he served that organization as President. His favorite subject is horses and the relationship between them and their riders, created in elegant vaquero style of Edward Borein and Louis Ortega. This passion has inspired Lawson to add rawhide braiding to his repertoire. Lawson has won numerous awards, including the Remington Award at the Prix de West Show at the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He has also won the Thomas Moran Award at the Masters of the American West Show at the Autry Museum in Los Angeles, California.
In September of 2007 Mehl was invited to join the TCAA (Traditional Cowboy Arts Association), the first to be accepted to both TCAA and CAA. Founded in 1998, the Traditional Cowboy Arts Association is a not for profit organization formed to preserve the craftsmanship of fine western gear making.
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