The Harvest Exhibition

with works by Fine Artist Cris Lawson

September 28 – October 12, 2025
The Syd Blackmarr Arts Center    255 Love Avenue, Tifton

This exhibit is FREE and open to the public.
Donations are welcome.

 -Additional Events –

The Harvest:
Farm to Table Dinner

Thursday, October 2nd
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Click here for more info

I enjoy celebrating rural culture by uncovering the beauty in the everyday while engaging the viewer in its stories.” ~Cris Lawson

Over the past year, fine artist Cris Lawson has traded the studio for the fields, painting en plein air among barns, rows, and orchards across our region. The result is The Harvest — a sweeping collection of more than 50 works that reveal the grit, grace, and generosity of the farmers whose labor shapes our lives. Lawson’s art invites us to reflect on the agricultural landscapes that connect our communities, reminding us of the shared reliance we all have on the land and those who work it.

Meet the Artist

Cris Lawson has embraced drawing as her vocabulary as long as she can remember. Sketch books and pencils evolved into watercolor and acrylic painting as a teenager. She was recognized at the State, National, and International level during her high school years, and was the recipient of an art scholarship from the Tifton Jr. Women’s Club which she invested in tutelage under Dr. Vincent Keesee at ABAC.

Her career years varied in creative practice from art director at Jason’s Women’s Clothing to interior decorating as an associate of Turner’s Fine Furniture as well as a freelance decorator. After years of raising a family, she has returned to her roots and has once again picked up pencil and brush to expand her artistic skills.

Known for her love of painting en plein air, Cris expressively captures the beauty of the landscapes surrounding her. She searches for the poetry in the composition, engaging the viewer in the story to be revealed. Working primarily in oil paint, her canvases capture the energy, movement, and light of her subject.

She also explores techniques in her studio works and accepts commissions, She is currently illustrating a children’s book which she has written upon the birth of her first grandchild.

Cris and her husband, Edward, reside in Chula at Knotted Pine Stables where they develop Tennessee Walking Horses for pleasure, plantation guest mounts, and field trial sport. She accepts students for lessons and workshops at the studio in the same facility.

To learn more about Cris and her art practice, visit her website: crisalawsonfineart.com

Follow her on social media at: facebook.com/CrisALawsonFineArt