PAINTINGS

Steven Lavaggi has been a painter for well over 35 years. He received his Bachelor of Fine arts degree from the University of Tenessee. Through the earlier years he worked for the recording industry on various record label projects including album and CD cover designs.

In 1979 he was a guest in the home of the late surrealist master artist Salvador Dali, in Cadeques, Spain. Dali expressed genuine delight in certain of Lavaggi’s paintings and took him on a personally guided tour of his Theatre-Museum, which is located in Figueres, Spain. This is where Dali and his late wife Gala are now buried.

Lavaggi mainly paints with oils or acrylics on canvas and is known for an idealized style of imagery. The word “tranquil” is often associated with the sensation people say they feel as they view his work.