SCA - Alumni Profile Lawrence J. Nowlan, ’95 - 97’ As his fingertips sculpt the final facial expressions of the eleventh figure in his most recent commission, Lawrence Nowlan knows this piece of art is going to put him on the map. It is the second of a two piece commission from the University of Iowa’s athletic department to commemorate the great Nile Kinnick, who played at the school in the late 1930’s. And anyone who knows Iowa football knows that allowing anyone to immortalize their Heisman Trophy winner in bronze is no joke! Larry also knows that he can thank the internship he had with SCA in 1995 for where he is today. Windsor, VT is where Larry’s studio, known as LJN Sculpture, resides and where he successfully manages his own business and follows his passion for the art of sculpture. If it wasn’t for the artist-in-residence position at Saint Gaudens National Historic Site in Cornish, NH, an SCA Conservation Associate position in 1995, Larry would most likely not be known today as one of the country’s most successful figurative artists. Larry’s public commissions include the National Wildland Firefighters Monument in Boise, ID; the Ralph Kramden sculpture at Manhattan Port Authority Bus Terminal; the Windsor Vermont Veterans Memorial; and most recently the Nile Kinnick statue at the newly renovated University of Iowa football stadium. Private commissions include sculptures of Maxfield Parish, Augustus Saint-Gaudens; Philip Nowlan (creator of Buck Rogers and Larry’s grand-father!), Liz Titus Putnam (SCA Founder), and many others. Unlike many artists who start out selling art in galleries, Larry was talented enough to come straight out of graduate school at the New York Academy of Figurative Art and win a commission for a National Monument. While an SCA Intern at Saint Gaudens NHS Larry won the commission for the National Wildland Firefighters Monument, now in Boise, ID. He began work on the pieces, three 9ft wildland fighters, at the Ravine Studio at Saint Gaudens and began a relationship with the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) in Boise. Larry owes the relationship with management at Saint Gaudens and with key staff members at NIFC to the success with the National Monument. Since the monument’s dedication in 2000 individual sections have been placed in the Boise International, Okalahoma and San Francisco Airports. Larry also created a smaller version of one figure from the monument that is given to families who unfortunately loose loved ones to the dangerous and sometimes unforgiving tasks of fighting wildland fires. Larry was born and raised in Philadelphia, a city known for public art and sculpture. It was here that he first saw and became mesmerized by the works of Auguste Rodin. He graduated with a BA from the University of Millersville in 1987, but it wasn’t until 1993 that he decided to follow his interest in sculpture by enrolling in a night class at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Professors at the Academy recognized Larry’s talent immediately and encouraged him to apply to the prestigious New York Academy Figurative Art. He was accepted and thrived in the school’s intense two year graduate program and earned his Masters of Fine Art in 1996. So it is clear that SCA laid the stepping stones for Larry’s career with the artist-in-residence internship in 1995. SCA is also responsible for matters in Larry’s family life. In 2000 Larry met another SCA intern at Saint Gaudens NHS and to many Rangers’ delight they were married in 2003. And as that lucky girl that is now Larry’s husband and mother to our new daughter, Monet, I can say that SCA is and will be a part of our life for hopefully many years to come. Monet will have to wait about 15 years until she can join a crew…I am sure that time will pass too quickly! By: Heather L. Nowlan, ’00 and former staff member

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SCA - Alumni Profile

Lawrence J. Nowlan, ’95 - 97’

As his fingertips sculpt the final facial expressions of the eleventh figure in his most recent commission, Lawrence Nowlan knows this piece of art is going to put him on the map. It is the second of a two piece commission from the University of Iowa’s athletic department to commemorate the great Nile Kinnick, who played at the school in the late 1930’s. And anyone who knows Iowa football knows that allowing anyone to immortalize their Heisman Trophy winner in bronze is no joke! Larry also knows that he can thank the internship he had with SCA in 1995 for where he is today.

Windsor, VT is where Larry’s studio, known as LJN Sculpture, resides and where he successfully manages his own business and follows his passion for the art of sculpture. If it wasn’t for the artist-in-residence position at Saint Gaudens National Historic Site in Cornish, NH, an SCA Conservation Associate position in 1995, Larry would most likely not be known today as one of the country’s most successful figurative artists.

Larry’s public commissions include the National Wildland Firefighters Monument in Boise, ID; the Ralph Kramden sculpture at Manhattan Port Authority Bus Terminal; the Windsor Vermont Veterans Memorial; and most recently the Nile Kinnick statue at the newly renovated University of Iowa football stadium. Private commissions include sculptures of Maxfield Parish, Augustus Saint-Gaudens; Philip Nowlan (creator of Buck Rogers and Larry’s grand-father!), Liz Titus Putnam (SCA Founder), and many others.

Unlike many artists who start out selling art in galleries, Larry was talented enough to come straight out of graduate school at the New York Academy of Figurative Art and win a commission for a National Monument. While an SCA Intern at Saint Gaudens NHS Larry won the commission for the National Wildland Firefighters Monument, now in Boise, ID. He began work on the pieces, three 9ft wildland fighters, at the Ravine Studio at Saint Gaudens and began a relationship with the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) in Boise. Larry owes the relationship with management at Saint Gaudens and with key staff members at NIFC to the success with the National Monument.

Since the monument’s dedication in 2000 individual sections have been placed in the Boise International, Okalahoma and San Francisco Airports. Larry also created a smaller version of one figure from the monument that is given to families who unfortunately loose loved ones to the dangerous and sometimes unforgiving tasks of fighting wildland fires.

Larry was born and raised in Philadelphia, a city known for public art and sculpture. It was here that he first saw and became mesmerized by the works of Auguste Rodin. He graduated with a BA from the University of Millersville in 1987, but it wasn’t until 1993 that he decided to follow his interest in sculpture by enrolling in a night class at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Professors at the Academy recognized Larry’s talent immediately and encouraged him to apply to the prestigious New York Academy Figurative Art. He was accepted and thrived in the school’s intense two year graduate program and earned his Masters of Fine Art in 1996.

So it is clear that SCA laid the stepping stones for Larry’s career with the artist-in-residence internship in 1995. SCA is also responsible for matters in Larry’s family life. In 2000 Larry met another SCA intern at Saint Gaudens NHS and to many Rangers’ delight they were married in 2003. And as that lucky girl that is now Larry’s husband and mother to our new daughter, Monet, I can say that SCA is and will be a part of our life for hopefully many years to come. Monet will have to wait about 15 years until she can join a crew…I am sure that time will pass too quickly!

By: Heather L. Nowlan, ’00 and former staff member