biography of William Jack LAYCOX (1921-1984)

Birth place: Auburn, CA

Addresses: Carmel, CA

Profession: Painter, designer

Studied: UC Berkeley; San Fran. State Univ. (B.A., 1948)

Exhibited: Contemp. Am. Art, Kyoto & Tokyo, Japan, 1965; AWCS Ann., 1965-66; Rosicrucian Egyptian Mus., San Jose, Calif., 1970; Wichita Centennial Nat., Kans., 1970; Calif. State Fair Art Exhib., Sacramento, Calif., 1971. Awards: Best of Show, Diabolo Pageant Arts, 1961; second awards, for watercolor, Soc. Western Artists, 1963 & oils, Calif. State Fair, 1965.

Member: Soc. Western Artists.

Work: Keith Gal., St. Mary's Col. Calif.; Holy Names Col. Gal., Oakland, Calif.; Gen. Tire Int. Coll. Akron, OH; Naval Hosp. Coll., Oakland; Latter Day Saints Coll., Salt Lake City, Utah. Commissions: Paintings for calendars, Zellerbach Paper Co., San Francisco, 1963 & Gen. Tire Int. Corp., 1971 & 1972; 10 paintings, Thompson Aircraft Corp., San Fran., 1965 & 1966; oil paintings, White Weld & Co., San Fran., 1967; watercolor ser., William House-Regency, Van Nuys, Calif., 1969-71.

Comments: Preferred media: oils, watercolors. Positions: tech. illusr., Atomic Energy Comn., Oak Ridge, Tenn., 1943-46; art dir., Bacon Am. Corp., Muncie, Inc., 1949-56; des., Mission-Regency Cards, Van Nuys, 1966-. Publications: auth., "Dramatic Paintings from Familiar Scenes," Walter Foster Bks., 1972. Teaching: instr. watercolor, Jade Fon Watercolor Workshop, Asilomar, Calif., summers 1971-72.

Sources: WW73; Wilson, "Jack Laycox: Painter," Christian Sci Monitor, 1966; P Mornand, "Review of American Watercolors," La Rev. Mod. (1966); Alexander, "A Visit to Jack Laycox" studio," Contra Costa Times, 1968.