Born and raised in Memphis, Lafayette graduated from Memphis State University with degrees in Music Education. He enjoyed a twenty year career with the Memphis public school system as a band director, and music and art instructor.

For several years while teaching, he also painted as a hobby, but the desire to spend more time painting grew. In 1983 he decided to persue art full-time, painting and exhibiting as much as possible. "Watercolor fascinated me more than any other medium. Unexpected accidents give watercolor an excitement that other mediums cannot achieve. My own techniqe has been to combine various styles going from controlled realism to loose color and suggested images".

His wife, Barbara, has had a professional career as well and is now enjoying a new direction... aerobics - water aerobics. She is teaching at a couple of sports centers in the area. He has three daughters that are all married, with children, six total.

I hope you will enjoy your visit with his art.