Josie Lawrence is an artist named in "Who's Who in America" and "Who's Who of American Women" and "Who's Who in the World."

She received a B.F.A. from Massachusetts College of Art with a major in painting and has taken graduate studies at various institutions throughout the world working toward her Masters of Fine Art degree. She works mainly in oil on linen with a palette knife in plein air but also enjoys working in her studio. Her works include still life, landscapes and portraits.

She is a representational painter and her work includes series of oils from her travels to locations such as China, where she studied at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, England, Italy, France, Greece and Spain and has been exhibited by the De Havilland Fine Art Gallery, the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, the John F. Kennedy Library and the Massachusetts College of Art. Her artwork is in collections worldwide.

Recent acclaimed reviews of her work were featured in American Artist; Harbus, "Best of Boston Art"; The Boston Globe, "Three Art Associations Highlight Members' Works", The Boston Herald, "The Collector Within"; and The Patriot Ledger, "Her Paintings Bring To Mind Another Time".

Ms. Lawrence has been profiled on Wrentham and Walpole Cable TV and on WEZE Radio Family Talk Show.

She has received numerous awards including juried Best of Show awards and the "Honorarium Award" by the Weymouth Art Association.

More of Josie's work may be seen on her website