Lawrence Kushner
Illuminations
The Oil Paintings of Lawrence Kushner, A San Francisco Artist
Larry Kushner, a dedicated painter with over thirteen years of experience, has worked closely with Bay Area luminaries like Ezra Katz, Sandy Ostrau, and Verakeet Tongpaiboon. An ordained rabbi, Kushner has authored over a dozen books on spirituality and Kabbalah and currently serves as the Scholar-in-Residence at Congregation Emanu-El of San Francisco. Notably, the oil paintings of Lawrence Kushner focus on capturing extraordinary beauty within ordinary scenes, bringing patterns of light to evoke a deeply spiritual experience.
“I am primarily interested in calling attention to the extraordinary, even dazzling, beauty sealed in ‘ordinary’ places. I try not to name the things I see but to focus instead on portraying patterns of light. For me, the experience of light and beauty is a primal spiritual event.”
– Lawrence Kushner
Explore the Vibrant Oil Paintings of Lawrence Kushner
“Nob Hill From Russian Hill” – Lawrence Kushner #642 – oil on canvas 30″ x 40″ $2700
“Seal Rocks” – Lawrence Kushner – oil on linen 9″ x 12″ $900
“Three Trees” – Lawrence Kushner – oil on linen 9″ x 12″ $900
“Tickey-Tackey” – Lawrence Kushner – oil on linen 18″ x 24″ $1800
“Ferry Building” – Lawrence Kushner – oil on linen 9″ x 12″ $900
“Little River” – Lawrence Kushner – oil on linen 30″ x 40″ $2700
“Green Light” – Lawrence Kushner – oil on linen 18″ x 24″ $1800
“The Day There Was No Sun” – Lawrence Kushner – oil on linen 18″ x 24″ $1800
“East on Green from Larkin” – Lawrence Kushner – oil on canvas 10″ x 20″ $1200
“Green at Dusk #2″ – Lawrence Kushner – oil on linen 20″ x 20” $1800
“Cliffs at Pescadero” – Lawrence Kushner – oil on canvas 16″ x 20″ $1600
“Stockton to the Tunnel” – Lawrence Kushner – oil on canvas 16″ x 20″ $1600
“Monterey Cypress Grove” – Lawrence Kushner #509 – oil on linen 18×24 $1800
“Red Valerian at Sterling Park” – Lawrence Kushner #538 – oil on linen 18×24 $1800
“The Cliffs off Battery Mendell” – Lawrence Kushner #562 – oil on linen 18×24 $1800
“Octagon House” – Lawrence Kushner #568 – oil on linen panel 9×12 $900
“1150 Union #2” – Lawrence Kushner #302 – oil on linen panel 9×12 $900
“Plum Trees on Green” – Lawrence Kushner #581 – oil on linen panel 9×12 $900
“Top of Hyde Street” – Lawrence Kushner #611 – oil on linen 40″ x 30″ $2700
“The Tower” – Lawrence Kushner #593 – oil on linen 30×40 Inquire
“Telegraph Hill Sunset #3″ – Lawrence Kushner #604 – oil on linen 40″ x 30” SOLD
“Pier 35″ – Lawrence Kushner #435 – oil on linen 18″x24” Inquire
“Point Bonita View” – Lawrence Kushner #504 – oil on linen 18×24 Inquire
“The Approach” – Lawrence Kushner #545 – oil on linen 30×40 Inquire
BIO
The Artistic Journey of Lawrence Kushner
Lawrence Kushner began painting in 2011. An ordained rabbi, Kushner has authored over a dozen books on spirituality and Kabbalah and currently serves as the Scholar-in-Residence at Congregation Emanu-El of San Francisco.
Kushner studied with such renowned artists Ezra Katz, Sandy Ostrau, and Verakeet Tongpaiboon.
Known for their spiritual depth and vibrant light patterns, Lawrence Kushner’s oil paintings have been exhibited in galleries across the San Francisco Bay Area. In addition to regional exhibitions, Kushner’s work hangs in the collection of the Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University and has also been juried into the California Art Club’s premiere 110th, 111th and 112th Gold Medal Exhibitions (2021, 2022, 2023) in Los Angeles. Exclusively, he works in oils.
Together, he and his wife have three married children and six grandchildren. Currently, he lives on Russian Hill in San Francisco where every evening the light is pure magic.
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Exhibitions and Awards of Lawrence Kushner
2013
Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA, group show, Baseball, 2013
Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA, group shows, Tiny, 2013
Isaacs Gallery, Osher-Marin Jewish Community Center, San Rafael, CA, solo show, Street Light, 2013
2014
Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA, group shows, City Streets, September, 2014
2015
Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA, group shows, Tiny, 2015
2016
Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA, group shows, Tiny, 2016
Foyer Gallery, Congregation Emanu-El, San Francisco, CA, solo show, 2016
2017
Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA, group shows, Tiny, 2017
Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA, group show, May, 2017
Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA, group shows, City Streets, August, 2017
Slate Gallery, Oakland, CA at the San Ramon Valley Conference Center, featured artist, Urbanism, 2017
2018
Isaacs Gallery, Osher-Marin Jewish Community Center, San Rafael, CA, solo show, Painting the Light Fantastic, 2018
Peninsula Art Museum, Burlingame, CA, juried group show, California Art Club, Art between the Lines, 2018
Sanctuary Gallery, St. Cyprian’s Church, San Francisco, CA, group show, By Your Light, 2018
Slate Gallery, Oakland, CA at 101 2nd Street, San Francisco, CA, group show, San Francisco Views, 2018
2019
Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, Pacific Grove, CA, juried group show, Magnificent Migrations, California Art Club, 2019
Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA, juried group show, City by the Bay,
California Art Club, City by the Bay, 2019
Cathy Baum & Associates, Menlo Park, CA, at One Post Street, San Francisco, solo show, CityLights: The Urban Impressionism of Lawrence Kushner, 2019
Harrington Gallery at the Firehouse Arts Center, Pleasanton, CA, juried group show, Bay Area Parks, California Art Club, 2019
Corison Gallery, Tahoe City, CA, North Tahoe Arts Plein Air Open, Honorable Mention, 2019
2020
Juried Virtual on-line Exhibition, Our World Reimagined, California Art Club, 2020
Juried Virtual on-line Exhibition, Welcome to California, California Art Club, 2020
2021
Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University, Orange, CA, permanent collection
California Art Club’s 110th Gold Medal Exhibition, 2021
2022
Curated by the Sea Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA, Juried group show, Iconic California, California Art Club, 2022
2023
Juried into Virtual on-line Exhibition, Lazy Days of Summer, California Art Club, 2023
Juried into Virtual on-line Exhibition, 111th Gold Medal auxiliary Exhibition, California Art Club, 2023
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