2009 Art Print

About the Artist

A native of Madison, Indiana, Lawrence "Larry" Rudolech has spent most of his life admiring and studying the simple beauty of southern Indiana's country side. As a young man, he spent most of his time at the local Boy's Club or delivering papers, and The Boy's Club provided him with his first oil paints at the age of 11. With the guidance of his high school art teacher, Mr. Lou Knoble, Larry won or received many scholarships while attempting to secure the finances for his higher education. He entered 3 of the 5 categories in the Julius Epstein National Competition Scholarship, and at the end of the 50 State competition, Larry won 1st in oil, 1st in watercolor, and placed 2nd in pencil. When selecting an art school, he couldn't resist the atmosphere of The John Herron School of Art in Indianapolis and chose to major in Graphic Design. Larry has worked in all facets of Graphic Design, operating his own freelance design and illustration company in the last 12 years of his commercial art career.

After a long hiatus, Larry picked up his brushes again in 1999. In 2001 he entered and was accepted into his first Hoosier Salon Show and has exhibited in this prestigious show every year since. As a member of the Indiana Plein Air Painters Association, Larry feels he has begun to nurture the artistic urges he suppressed for a long time. After all, this is where he first felt the inspiration to paint, wandering the country side, back roads, and city streets of Indiana - or anywhere life may take him.

The 2009 Madison Chautauqua Art Print features a popular intersection in downtown Madison as it appeared in the 1920s. A photo of an early Madison streetscape served as the inspiration for Rudolech's Art Print painting and for his winning design for Madison Chautauqua's Bicentennial Mural project.

The 2009 Madison Chautauqua Art Print will be released September 8th at the annual Poster Signing Event at The Madison Art Club" Art Gallery at Main & Jefferson Streets from 5-7 pm. Two hundred prints are available, and prints will be signed and numbered by the artist.