Kane County

Layne Richard Meacham was born in Murray, Utah in 1948. An abstract painter, he uses mixed media, oil, or acrylics to paint his large-scale canvases. He lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. As a young man, Meacham studied with David Chaplin. He also took classes at the Finch Lane Art Gallery from 1963 to 1967. In 1967 he joined the Marine Corps and was sent to Viet Nam. Upon his return, Meacham pursued a Masters degree in social work at Columbia University, eventually finishing his degree at the University of Utah. Meacham is now a licensed psychotherapist. He continued artistic studies at the Salt Lake Art Center, the University of Utah, and Westminster College.

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