Lawrence Feir has been involved in the arts nearly his entire life. After graduating high school in Long Island New York, he focused on the arts at Parsons School of Design in New York. He later transferred to the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, where he studied painting and

sculpture.

 

In 1987, he opened a jewelry store in Huntington, NY, honing his skills as a silver smith and

creating one-of-a-kind sculptural pieces in sterling silver, gold and gem stones. Two years later, Mr. Feir relocated to North Carolina and continued his education through GTCC’s commercial

art program focusing on photography.

After apprenticing with Heroy-Cutroneo Studios, Mr. Feir landed an assignment photographing an airliner at the 

Greensboro airport. His passion for aviation started as a young child, growing

up as the son of an aeronautical engineer. He took the initial assignment with great enthusiasm